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I don't even know how to subset this message to formulate a response.
So, I'm replying intact.
But, my point is, while the percentage may not believed, how many users
write access methods, terminal handlers, abend handlers, DB2 optimisers,
ENQ-Handlers, operator commands, interupt handlers, message passers, or
any other system function.
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In college I took a 30-wk course that required many of those things. DB2
didn't exist then, but I had to write message-switching programs for
TCAM, operator commands, etc. and the final exam was a complete system
that could load and run an object deck fed in via 2540. The "system"
(The "SELF" system, for "Semi Efficient Little Fiasco") had to handle
I/O, SVC and Program interrupts and take appropriate action. I even had
12 System-Defined SVC's. Granted, that probably makes me an exception to
the "average user", but at the time I thought it was just part of
becoming a "System Programmer", to bolster my understanding of the
hardware/software interactions of the day. (1972)
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Consider: how many "Users" are actully "Programmers" ??
Rick
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