In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/30/2007
at 09:19 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>A counterexample:
Not really.
>(CDC supported only 7-track at that time).
Actually they supported 14-track tapes as well.
>After some RTFM and job log inspection, I learned that my
>counterpart had used TRTCH=TE;
That was the sin for which there is no forgiveness. If he questioned
your judgement then he should have asked for confirmation rather than
changing the specifications without your knowledge or consent.
>even (E) was the presumptive mode for data transfer.
For him; that doesn't make it universal.
>"But that will leave 8-bit bytes spanning 6-bit data frames on the
>tape; you'll never be able to process it on foreign equipment!"
When he says anything so obviously wrong, why would you trust his
judgement of what is universal, or even common?
>So, yes, in days of yore, apparently one programmer considered even
>parity universal.
I can find programmers who considered the Moon landings to be hoaxes.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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