On Jul 09, 1996 at 03:23, Frank Malcolm of 3:711/934.24 wrote:

 FM> nice (and I have one somewhere, but it's in *yet another* variant of
 FM> Pascal (but which is well-defined in the accompanying doco) and is

Oberon?

 FM> therefore probably anathema to you) - all you need is one that *works*.

One that won't let you screw around with it unless you are a trained
technician with an IBM-regulation wrist-strap .. sort of like a
straight-jacket.  MVS, anyone??

 FM> Why don't you try using one of the Win versions, or one of the many
 FM> *nix variations?

Linux is a *nix variant, which is what Paul looks like migrating towards.

 FM> I suppose you could always write MVS/86.

You're sick, Frank..  :-)

 FM> Maybe that's not even a joke. I also have somewhere something that looks
 FM> like TSO on a PC - now that is a joke.

Even IBM is making OS/400 more POSIX (read, "UNIX") like.  There
can be only one...  (give it time, and AIX/400 will replace OS/400)  :-)

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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