Re: Newbie question on table design.
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:58:38 GMT
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> COBOL
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> I know practically nothing of CDC culture, but quite a bit about DEC
> culture, going way back. My impression of CDC culture, gleaned indirectly
> from what Niklaus Wirth had to say about the CDCmachines, is that CDC
> culture discovered interactive development later than DEC culture did. I'm
> just about certain that IBM culture discovered interactive development later
> than DEC culture did. This is somewhat related to the topic at hand.
> ...
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:58:38 GMT
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David Cressey wrote:
> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:8jk_h.33197$M.16927_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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>>David Cressey wrote: >> >>>"-CELKO-" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message >>> >>>>They are not called libraries; they are called "copy books" because >>>>that is exactly what they are -- text for cut and paste. >>> >>>I beg your pardon, but they *were* called "libraries" in TOPS-10/20
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> COBOL
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>>>circles. And they functioned like libraries. >> >>In CDC land we called 'em "Copy Decks" cos they were (originally) 80 >>column punched card decks. >>I never thought of them as libraries per se as they were not object code >>- they were functional though :-) >> >>Cheers Frank. >> >>
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> I know practically nothing of CDC culture, but quite a bit about DEC
> culture, going way back. My impression of CDC culture, gleaned indirectly
> from what Niklaus Wirth had to say about the CDCmachines, is that CDC
> culture discovered interactive development later than DEC culture did. I'm
> just about certain that IBM culture discovered interactive development later
> than DEC culture did. This is somewhat related to the topic at hand.
> ...
p Received on Thu May 03 2007 - 15:58:38 CEST