On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 21:46:28 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Back in OS/360 IBM has modules linked RENT that actually weren't. I was under >the impression that all of them had been fixed. > Was COBOL a co-conspirator? A half-century ago, I was told that some customer programs linked REFR "actually weren't" and storage protection of unauthorized REFR modules couldn't be enforced without violating compatibility with previous negligent design.
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