On 01/23/2017 11:00 AM, Steven Maresca wrote: > Just wanted to share an excerpted story just sent to me by a > colleague, regarding an IBM 7074 supplying data to Java middleware, > ultimately feeding a modern webapp stack: > http://thenewstack.io/happens-use-java-1960-ibm-mainframe/
The 7074 was referred to as a "supercomputer". Can any decimal machine really bear that title? The USAF used 7080s well into the 1980s--another decimal system. One of the the reasons for doing so was a system implemented in 7080 COBOL with miles and miles of undocumented Autocoder patches. No one person had a full grasp of the resulting system and its nuances. --Chuck
