On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Chase, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----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- > Yeah, and the old system uses JCL so you can add that to the list of "programming languages" too. :-)
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