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When in doubt.
PANIC!!
-Original Message-
From: Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:03:42
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Another BIG Mainframe Bites the Dust
Ted
For those reading this who do not have English as a mother
As a follow-up to the recent Another BIG Mainframe Bites the Dust thread
-- and apropos to a couple of other ongoing threads -- I received kind
permission from Mr. Sangho Yoon to post on this listserv the following email he
sent to me the other day. There is a lot to be ruminated upon in
REXX is the gold standard for decimal arithemtic but since it is
interpreted it is slower than COBOL.
Jon L. Veilleux
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(860) 636-2683
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tom Marchant
Sent: Thursday, September
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:16:39 -0400 Veilleux, Jon L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
: REXX is the gold standard for decimal arithemtic but since it is
:interpreted it is slower than COBOL.
Only if an appropriate NUMERIC DIGITS is specified.
--
Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I suppose that next you will be telling us that outages are not only
expected, but are desirable!
Jon L. Veilleux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(860) 636-2683
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Hal Merritt
Sent: Thursday, September 07,
I hope that in their evaluation they considered the cost of feeding
20,000 chickens vs the cost of a few good mainframe sysprogs... La
sombra sabe!
Jon L. Veilleux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(860) 636-2683
I think a lot of it boils back down to what is needed. I'm not a huge
fan of server technology
On 7 Sep 2006 10:13:38 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
I hope that in their evaluation they considered the cost of feeding
20,000 chickens vs the cost of a few good mainframe sysprogs... La
sombra sabe!
The release said the replacement was only 2 HP Superdomes or whatever
their high
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