Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Robert Doerfler Newsgroups: comp.lang.cobol Subject: Re: GnuCOBOL in the press Date: 4 Jul 2024 20:32:35 GMT Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Robert Doerfler Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OOeEM9APbMI3CWB/P4yh2wWcddbWwoS6TOvXJJN88vysNrecCk Cancel-Lock: sha1:dTRd+HCc45LoWM5A+929gk400zM= sha256:4Ha0sfCPTZtPrqUq8+Jy8Fu/YI3Q1gRtoMta1sxLuE0= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.cobol:12868 docdwarf@panix.com () schrieb: > In article , > Bill Gunshannon wrote: >>On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:38:46 -0000 (UTC), docdwarf wrote: >> >>> in a skill that >>> folks decided to stop learning twenty years ago (thanks, Mr Gunshannon!) >> >> >>Let's keep it honest. Folks never said they did not want to learn it. > > That might be why I didn't phrase it as 'folks said they didn't want to > learn it'. My words were 'folks decided to stop learning (it)'. When I talk about myself, I often mention that I wanted to learn COBOL. From time to time, I got distracted by other things, but fortunately, there are now countless opportunities to learn COBOL, and I assume others are also interested. For example, I can recommend the following online course with GnuCOBOL, which would be a good start: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/topics/cobol (But yes, this course would require a LinkedIn account.) When it comes to mainframes, IBM offers countless opportunities, including accounts and tests on mainframes. PS: I recently got some Professional Certificates like “IBM Mainframe Developer” or “z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Specialization.” There were others doing the same at the same time. Honestly, I don’t know what those might be worth, but dealing with z/OS, ISPF, REXX, CICS and COBOL on an IBM Z Mainframe was great fun though. ;) RD