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Article #5781Re: CICS what is it?
From: Norman S. Soley
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1988 19:04
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1988 19:04
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In article <2081@cuuxb.ATT.COM>, kjc@cuuxb.ATT.COM (~XT4134000~Kevin Coulter~C29~L18~6282~) writes: > In article <5740@utah-cs.UUCP> u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-cs.UUCP (Daniel M Floyd) writes: > >CICS. > > > >Since I don't know what it is, I don't know where to post; > >however, I think it's some sort of language. > > What it basically is is an operating system that allows on line transactions. Not quite. It's a "conversation monitor" for the MVS operating system (roughly analogous to sh in UNIX, very roughly), It's tunable (or programmable if you prefer) and optimised for transaction processing. > As far as I know, the only two languages you can use with it are > COBOL & assembler. You can also use the IMS DBMS and I think DB2 with CICS. -- Norman Soley - Data Communications Analyst - Ontario Ministry of the Environment UUCP: uunet!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley VOICE: +1 416 323 2623 OR: soley@ontenv.UUCP
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley From: soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: CICS what is it? Message-ID: <808@ontenv.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 88 19:04:22 GMT References: <3923@okstate.UUCP> <8943@srcsip.UUCP> <5740@utah-cs.UUCP> <2081@cuuxb.ATT.COM> Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto Lines: 23