[geeks] Introductory programming language?

[Lionel Peterson]

My tongue was firmly planted in cheek when I wrote that, but it can be learned
very quickly, and there will always be a need for COBOL/VSAM/CICS/DB2
programmers, it wouldn't be THAT bad a language to learn...

Of course, locating a mainframe to practice on might be 'challenging'...

Oh wait, my tongue is still in my cheek ;^P

Lionel

On Sep 1, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Joost van de Griek <gyorpb at gmail.com> wrote:

> As much fun as programming in COBOL is, it allows for too many bad  habits
> (even actively enforcing some) to serve as a teaching language.