I am not totally sure BUT I believe that it was the revamp of the 1401 FARGO
programming language. IBM taught us FARGO and AUTOCODER as 1401 operators
in the early 1960s so we could fix programs sent in for compiles when we
were on the evening and midnight shifts.
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On
Behalf Of Enzo D'Amato
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2022 2:18 PM
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Subject: Re: my new z114
If I remember correctly, RPG was originally based on the function of the
electro-mechanical accounting machines.
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Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2022 1:51 PM
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I'd say that spec looks more like RPG than like a 407; you only identify the
beginning and end of a field and don't need to specify every column
individually.
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Dave Jones [d...@vsoft-software.com]
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2022 9:09 AM
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Subject: Re: my new z114
A bit off topic here, but the IBM 407 lives on as the "spec" stage in the
CMS Pipelines utility. From the reference document:
"Rest assured that no hardware knowledge is required to use spec
effectively. But you will have a head start if you have past experience with
the IBM 407 Accounting Machine, which influenced the design of spec."
Spec is basically the 407 implemented in software. See:
https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vm.ibm
.com%2Flibrary%2F720pdfs%2F72625201.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%
7C3a4d2c1fcd044236af0608da423da781%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C
0%7C637895130220061392%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV
2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2I%2FPyz04oZ
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for more details.
DJ
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