Re: Where do I start?

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> Hey everyone,
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> Time for the next great leap forward!  I want to write a simple full 
> screen application..
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> One that keeps a contact list perhaps....
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> What language would be best for this?
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> I am guessing Cobol as I have heard it associated with full screen apps.
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That's a mighty big chunk to bite off at once. COBOL, as well as the 
other high-level languages, has no direct access to full-screen 
facilities. In short, COBOL knows nothing about tubes. You'll need some 
Assembler subroutines, at the very least, just to "paint" a full screen 
and that's assuming that you know the screen geometry. I'm attaching a 
simple-minded line-mode TSO app, in Assembler.

The Data Management is a simple VSAM issue, but it's going to take some 
serious study and PLAN on making mistakes; VSAM is NOT for the meek. As 
I've said before, I'll help as much as I can.

Rick