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

[Jeff Hubbs]

No, that was an Arabian invention, the zero....

On 3/8/10 8:05 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Charles Shapiro wrote:
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>> Ha!  When I started programming, we had to use ONLY ONES 'cause ZEROS
>> WEREN'T INVENTED YET!!!!
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> I think 0s came first???
>
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>> -- CHS
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Chris Fowler
>> <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>  wrote:
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>>> 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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