[Default] On 1 Jul 2020 14:43:51 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main sme...@gmu.edu (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>Comfort isn't the only issue. When they change the law such that the code no >longer complies, then you have to bite the bullet and update it? Lost the >source code? There could be legal consequences. YMMV. > >There used to be an operating system with no support for running from an >object deck; the compilers were fast enough that it wasn't an issue. I >sometimes think they had the right idea. That reads like MUMPS or AS400/IBM-i. I know AS400/IBM-i have changed instruction sets. Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN