CIS133C STUDENT COMMENTS

The question was WRITE ONE THING HAVING TO DO WITH COBOL THAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CLASS.
The answers were . . .

While you are coding, write down your in-field and out-field names; you will forget.
Being organized and careful in setting up and typing in WORKING-STORAGE can save a lot of time later in coding and debugging.
COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language and was developed by Grace Murray Hopper and can be lots o'fun.
You have to count bytes for data fields.
How to read programs, use the different divisions, what they are used for.
Carriage control characters and how to use them in COBOL.
You must design before writing or you will waste a lot of time.

The question was WRITE ONE NON-COBOL THING THAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CLASS.
The answers were . . .

Everyone makes mistakes, no one person is perfect.
Don't procrastinate -- you always think you will have enough time -- something always comes up to throw a monkey wrench into it.
Sometimes you have to read the book!
Cooking is a lot like writing code.
I relearned what a hassle working with a mainframe can be.
You have to start your labs early.
The importance of design and style in programming.
That I enjoy the complicated puzzles most.
Patience.
There are many ways of doing things.
How to juggle class and kids, the babysitter and dinner.
Be patient when compiling the program.

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