I first encountered Adabas in 1980, but I am sure it existed before 1979
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Rogers > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 12:56 PM > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 7:58 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > > > l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > > > Sent: 29 January 2018 19:06 > > > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > > Subject: Re: Fair comparison C vs HLASM > > > > > > WTF? IMS was well before the 1970's, to say nothing of the database > > > for SABRE. Outside of IBM there was at least one database on GCOS > > > (nee GECOS). > > > > > > > I worked in a site where we used the Honeywell Codasyl database, which > > I think was called IDS and the original Transaction Processing System > > TDS, which was very similar to CICS. > > I believe the first RDBMS was on Multics but I have no idea of the why > > or when...> > > > > One of my classmates at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL - now > The University of Louisiana at Lafayette) used the Multics RDBMS (Multics > Relational Data Store, or MRDS[1]) in 1979 (give or take a year) for one of > his > class projects. > > [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https- > 3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_Multics-5FRelational-5FData- > 5FStore&d=DwIBaQ&c=C3yme8gMkxg_ihJNXS06ZyWk4EJm8LdrrvxQb- > Je7sw&r=u9g8rUevBoyCPAdo5sWE9w&m=tyAlkEvJ6aaRlt- > RXiBBt3oI5dZIiGZdsi0pFwq2qFU&s=7WUt6AkEfTc9bYxdTyiyKPUXrZSWuFZ_xr > dfB7EO4rQ&e= > > Paul > > > -- > > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mason.gmu.edu_- > 7 > > > Esmetz3&d=DwIBaQ&c=C3yme8gMkxg_ihJNXS06ZyWk4EJm8LdrrvxQb- > Je7sw&r=u9g > > > 8rUevBoyCPAdo5sWE9w&m=tyAlkEvJ6aaRlt- > RXiBBt3oI5dZIiGZdsi0pFwq2qFU&s= > > > nZymef16NiLpA3si3Zj47xC5xf_Vm9I8rn6iYNtropo&e= > > > > > Dave Wade > >
