Re: Python and PL/1

MRAB <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:22:03 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.general
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On 22/04/2026 23:17, johnnyrebel0801--- via Python-list wrote:
> Hi, this is John Quinn and I'm new on this board. I live down in Ottawa, Illinois.
> I'm interested in learning Python so that I can apply it to help in modernizing mainframe legacy systems. I worked as a PL/1 Applications Programmer at State Farm Systems for  13 years using IMS Databases and of course JCL on the IBM MVS Operating System. Then I worked with the same skills at  Nielsen Media Research in Florida for a few years.  I have nothing technical to add to these discussions yet, but hope to in the future. I am retired and in great health and hoping I can do contract work once I become proficient in Python and the current various developer tools for editing and testing platforms.
> Looking forward to learning Python and it's associated tools.
> John Quinn
FYI, these days, most of Python discussion takes place at 
https://discuss.python.org/.