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- From: johnw@johnwuu.canb.auug.org.au (John Wright)
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- Subject: net.views - mainframe programmers in an open systems
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- References: <1992Nov4.173720.22157@tandem.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 14:39:07 GMT
- Organization: Computer Sciences of Australia
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- In article <1992Nov4.173720.22157@tandem.com> nelson_don@comm.tandem.com writes:
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- > all that does is demonstrate your ignorance of the real world). A COBOL
- > programmer is a COBOL programmer. The platform makes little difference.
- >
- True, but a problem I have noticed is when a COBOL (or non-relational DBMS)
- trained person moves to programming in a relational database environment.
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- The mindset seems to get in the way, and the transition is difficult, if not
- impossible for the person to make.
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