Stream: Virtual Room 7
Time: 09:00 - 10:00
Programming languages on the Mainframe platform can sometimes be considered 'niche' and esoteric. Indeed, mainstream perception of coding on the mainframe is sometimes rather out of date. For several years now we have been encouraging new perspectives on mainframe coding using the puzzles from Eric Wastl's Advent of Code. In 2023 more entrants than ever took up the challenge with some truly inspiring results! A key goal in this endeavour is to encourage insights and comparisons between languages and approaches to problem solving.This talk highlights some of the takeaways from a rich field of coding solutions and a broad range of languages.
Henri Kuiper is a pre Y2K Mainframe junkie. Started taking apart computers at a very young age (BBC Micro's Anyone?) and never stopped his love for 'taking things apart' (and mostly putting them back together too). He's Technical Coordinator for the Dutch region of Guide Share Europe, IBM Champion for z Systems, owner of zDevOps.com and proud co-founder of Mainframe Society.
Henri Kuiper is a pre Y2K Mainframe junkie. Started taking apart computers at a very young age (BBC Micro's Anyone?) and never stopped his love for 'taking things apart' (and mostly putting them back together too). He's Technical Coordinator for the Dutch region of Guide Share Europe, IBM Champion for z Systems, owner of zDevOps.com and proud co-founder of Mainframe Society.
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