[ale] OT: How different is z/OS from Linux/Unix?

[Geoffrey]

Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Ha!  When I started programming, we had to use ONLY ONES 'cause ZEROS
> WEREN'T INVENTED YET!!!!

I think 0s came first???

> 
> -- CHS
> 
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Chris Fowler
> <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-03-07 at 21:16 -0500, Mark Wright wrote:
>>> I used to know some guys who could look at the 1 and 0's that were
>>> saved at each clock cycle in the cpus and tell you what operation the
>>> computer was doing and if it was working.  Still blows my mind.
>> It is called necessity.
>>
>> Think about us that started with Linux near the beginning.   There were
>> no GUI configuration programs.  There was no Ubuntu to make most of the
>> hardware just work.  We used vi to configure X.  We compiled a kernel
>> specific to our computer.  Out of necessity we became masters of the OS
>> and today, now that Linux is basically a walk in the park, it was a huge
>> benefit to us.  When the "easy to use" disiti fails to be plug-n-play we
>> can usually work around it.
>>
>>
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