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

Lightner, Jeff jlightner at water.com
Tue Mar 9 08:46:33 EST 2010


I think that's funny even if others say it's nought.

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

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> That's right, which is why the zero was such a huge innovation.

I think you're making a big todo about nothing. ;)

> 
> On 3/8/10 9:00 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
>> What's the roman numeral for zero?
>>
>> I don't think that had one.  It's a relatively advanced concept.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Geoffrey<lists at serioustechnology.com>
wrote:
>>    
>>> 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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