[Info-vax] OpenVMS async I/O, fast vs. slow

[Dan Cross]

In article <kqq5kdF6p36U2 at mid.individual.net>,
bill  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/5/2023 1:18 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> [snip]
>> But that does mean that it would make sense for colleges
>> to spew out hundreds or thousands of people with solid
>> PL/I skills.
>
>No one says hundreds of thousands.  But if 1% of CS and CIS
>students were offered a course in COBOL or Fortran or PL/I
>it would provide a pool of about 2000 candidates a year.  A
>little better than 0.

I wonder why you're so focused on confronting this in the
university system?  What is so different about a single semester
course and a short-term job with OJT and an option to hire full
time at the end for new graduates?

If these organizations are so eager to hire programmers with
COBOL and Fortran experience, why don't they take charge of the
situation and provide the experience themselves?

	- Dan C.