> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Don Leahy
>
> [ snip ]
>
> Here is a (paraphrased) excerpt from a document at a site that I know:
>
> "The old system is written in several different programming
> languages and runs on incompatible platforms and operating systems".
>
> This statement was slightly puzzling to those familiar with the "old"
> (early 1990s) system, which was 100% COBOL under IMS and DB2. :-)
But according to professional BS-ers, COBOL, IMS and DB2 are three
"different programming languages".
-jc-
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