Re: COBOL interview tests

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:00:28 -0600, LX-i <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Not necessarily. Granted, today I could probably write a MERGE without
looking at a manual - but three weeks from now, I'd probably forget the
syntax and have to look it up again. Rather than try to memorize every
possible option, I instead like to dedicate a portion of my memory store
to knowing *where* things are documented. That keeps me from having to
memorize the manuals, leaving room for lots of 5th grade memories - even
the one about the girl that wouldn't go out with me.

I'm like that with most computer languages. And most languages I am
familiar with. But CoBOL has become native to me - I could leave it
for a decade and come back without having to re-learn old stuff. Sure,
there are occasions when I need to pull out my English language
dictionary with my native English - but CoBOL isn't a big language.
(Now I would have to pull out the manual to do OO CoBOL - not my
manual though which doesn't have any of that).
.

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