Any programmers here?

[LeperousDust]

Isn't that similar to Pascal and/or Cobol? I had to code in pascal for a-level coursework only 2 years ago. Baby Jesus wept when i had to code in that...

[Burble]

I can't remember tbh, it's about 7 years since I did antyhing technical on the ERP. All I seem to do with it these days is sign off sodding large invoices.

[Burble]

I tend to do this sort of thing in PERL although I'm somewhat rusty with it these days. One of the guys is a bit of a genius with Ruby on rails so he tends to do all that sort of stuff instead of me these days.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Isn't that similar to Pascal and/or Cobol? I had to code in pascal for a-level coursework only 2 years ago. Baby Jesus wept when i had to code in that...

You ain't seen nothing yet. Try COBOL. Or JCL. Or a bazillion other mainframe-centric tools. :/

Here. Have some JCL. This is from one of our sample projects so I don't have to worry about NDA. Enjoy.

//P00045R  JOB (AC6397),'JOB 1',CLASS=C,MSGCLASS=X,
//    NOTIFY=BRL341
/*ROUTE PRINT RMT198
//*****************************************************
//*****    RUN DAILY REPORT 1                     *****
//*****************************************************
//STEP1  EXEC PGM=BATCH1
//VBTYPEIN DD DSN=PROD.VIDEO.BONDS.MASTER,DISP=SHR
//GAMEMSIO DD DSN=PROD.GAME.MASTER,DISP=OLD
//PLAYMSIO DD DSN=PROD.PLAY.MASTER,DISP=SHR
//STRANKIO DD DSN=PROD.STATION.RANK.FILE,DISP=MOD
//PP100AOU DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//*
//*****************************************************
//*****    RUN DAILY REPORT 2 - USE DB2           *****
//*****************************************************
//STEP2  EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1B,
//            REGION=5200K,
//            DYNAMNBR=60
//SALESIN  DD DSN=PROD.SALES.TRANS.FILE,UNIT=TAPE,
//            DISP=SHR
//PLAYMSIO DD DSN=PROD.PLAY.MASTER,DISP=SHR
//MAILMSIN DD DSN=PROD.MAIL.MASTER,DISP=SHR
//HOMEBYIO DD DSN=PROD.HOMEBUY.MASTER,DISP=OLD
//MAILXFIO DD DSN=PROD.MAIL.XREF.FILE,DISP=OLD
//PP200AOU DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN  DD DSN=PROD.CARDS(REPORT2)
//

I've just spent the last week fixing bugs in this stuff. :/

[LeperousDust]

Yeah i've done COBOL work too, that was also soul destroying

[Daz]

That looks very familiar to some System36 legacy code on one of our 400's, though I believe that's RPG/RPGII.

[Goose]

o/

But I'm at home now.

[Dr. Z]

The syntax in MATLAB is broadly similar to C, so the jump to that might be easier.

When uni stuff requires complicated DSP stuff we use C++ because you can code all kinds in a short space of time and its just about fast enough for realtime stuff. For absolutely massive calculations where vast amounts of data is analysed, the tool of choice is MATLAB. It might not be the fastest, but the development time to get the results you need is far shorter than C/C++ (unless you know the language like the back of your hand I guess!).

[Garp]

Perl tends to be the sysadmin approach to the world, the sysdevs at work all tend to use Ruby, perl or C++ depending on the task. Ruby is the way most stuff is going as it adapts very well to changes.

[MarcLister]

I'm er quite crap at programming so far at Uni. I'd like to get into some kind f programming just to build it up as a skill. Java I've already tried and failed at. I'm thinking of trying Python. It seems relatively new and unknown. Also there are no modules on Python at my Uni so I'd have to learn independently which might be better for me. Anyone know anything about Python and have any links to tutorials etc?

From what little I know about Python I think it can be used to put together a database of my music. Sad I know but its the only thing I can think of to program up.

Originally Posted by Admiral Huddy

20 years of RPG/RPGIII and RPG ILE

a pint if you have heard of it..

Mines a Carling thanks.