Phil Smith III demonstrated his ignorance by writing

> Rexx wasn't available yet, doh

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/VM_SP/Release_3.0_Jul83/SC24-5239-0_VM_SP_Interpreter_Reference_Rel_3_Sep83.pdf

>  Stephenson went back to S/360

Yes, but EXEC2 didn't.

> when men were men and systems were big.

Bah! Real programmers use octal.

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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

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Shmuel trolled:

>EXEC2? What processor running EXEC2 didn't at least have pipelining for 
>I-fetch? why weren't you using REXX?



Rexx wasn't available yet, doh. Stephenson went back to S/360, when men were 
men and systems were big.


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