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I didnt find it too hard, I played with it a little in the IBM master the mainframe challenge. The hardest part for me, is IO was not handled by the applicatio
by Aloha 7y ago
I didnt find it too hard, I played with it a little in the IBM master the mainframe challenge.
The hardest part for me, is IO was not handled by the application, so all your file IO was setup by the JCL job that called the cobol program, which just feels weird.
It's actually quite easy to read, and much closer to plain english than say, C.
- insomniacity 7y agoThey came to my computer science course to pitch that challenge. I got as far as logging in to the mainframe and doing the first task before I stopped and thought “wtf am I doing? Why am I wasting time on this!” Despite this story and others, still think I made the right call for me!