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

[Jeff Hubbs]

That's right, which is why the zero was such a huge innovation.

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