Seymour J Metz wrote: >Phil Smith III demonstrated his ignorance by writing
>> Rexx wasn't available yet, doh >http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/VM_SP/Release_3.0_Jul83/SC24-5239-0_VM_SP_Interpreter_Reference_Rel_3_Sep83.pdf Um. You might want to check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXEC_2, and then perhaps review the meanings of "preceded" and "superseded". And "comity". >> Stephenson went back to S/360 >Yes, but EXEC2 didn't. Relevance? And it's "EXEC 2", not "EXEC2", if we're being pedantic. >> when men were men and systems were big. >Bah! Real programmers use octal. Relevance? Seriously, your post makes zero sense. .phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN