jeremy@misadel.oz (Jeremy Begg) (08/29/89)
In article <1960@csadfa.oz>, rap@csadfa.oz (Robert Pearson) writes: > We currently teach a course on file access techniques, file processing > which uses COBOL as a tool. > The course is aimed at information processing ; and the following > course is a database design, building, etc course. > One of the aims is to give the students some exposure to programming > as well as the background for different types of database management systems. > However although the students have had some exposure to PASCAL they find the > COBOL a bit of a drag. I would like an alternative. What sort of course is this -- are the students enrolled in it likely to be going out into the commercial world, or is it a "computer familiarity course" for students not interested in computing as a career? If your students are going to be programmers in the "real world" of commercial programming, they would be best served by staying with COBOL as many, many sites still use it. A student who knows COBOL is going to find it much easier to get a job over one who doesn't. Jeremy Begg +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Management Information Systems, | E-Mail: jeremy@misadel.oz | | 125 Dew Street, Thebarton, | Phone: +61 8 3524877 (work) | | South Australia 5031 | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+