</snip on> > Allowing EBCDIC in the HFS was a colossal blunder; the pain > is spreading. HFS should have been pure ASCII from the start. > Autoconversion is an abomination that attempts to solve the > attendant problems, but largely adds complexity, reduces > predictability, and increases testing multiplicity. > </snip off>
Amen. I always thought OE/USS was a reasonable thing to add to MVS/OS390/zOS. I like USS a lot. EBCDIC was a killer. It immediately cut OE off from the easy porting of the _vast_ population UNIX tools, techniques and trends. Kinda like Henry Ford making the Model T and attaching a horse and reins to the front. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
