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Article #1525Re: What is a Mainframe?
From: Richard H. Miller
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1989 17:38
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1989 17:38
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In article <164@bms-at.UUCP> stuart@bms-at.UUCP (Stuart Gathman) writes:
>
>What you need is figures for a 3090, but there're hard to come by
>since most mainframes run dinosaur OS's that have never heard of
>a source archive. (Programmers tend not to use macros with their
>assembler, let alone a high level language.)
>
I have worked with mainframes systems for close to 15 years including IBM,
DEcsystem-10s and Unisys 1100. I can assue you that system software for these
systems include extensive use of MACROs. This is the only way to do the
software and much of the source is in the form of macros for the assembler or
is in a high level language. (PL/S [as I remember]. on 360 architectures,
BLISS-36 on the DEC-10 or PLUS on the 1100).
Richard H. Miller Email: rick@bcm.tmc.edu
Asst. Dir. for Technical Support Voice: (713)798-3532
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!pavlov!rick From: rick@pavlov.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: What is a Mainframe? Message-ID: <1604@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> Date: 15 Jul 89 17:38:16 GMT References: <125@ssp1.idca.tds.philips.nl> <20752@winchester.mips.COM> <27637@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <164@bms-at.UUCP> Sender: usenet@bcm.tmc.edu Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx Lines: 20