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Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer – Hed... by Frummy on Saturday April 29, 2023 @08:44PM (#35758699)
The problem is that the "cobol language job" is really a mainframe job which means an operating system that is from a completely alien parallell reality that diverged from the rest of the timeline 60 years ago. So it's not a cobol job, it's a relearn computing from the ground up again job. I'm exaggerating but it's a complete nervous system shock until one acclimates to the zOS paradigm.
Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer – Hed... by sneed_chucker on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:30AM (#35759700)
Do you speak from experience?

Honestly, I find the whole mainframe world fascinating. Would love to learn more.

Re:Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer – Hed... by Frummy on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:20AM (#35760947)
Yes I maintain two systems on the mainframe been doing it for 8 months