> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Don Leahy > > [ snip ] > > Here is a (paraphrased) excerpt from a document at a site that I know: > > "The old system is written in several different programming > languages and runs on incompatible platforms and operating systems". > > This statement was slightly puzzling to those familiar with the "old" > (early 1990s) system, which was 100% COBOL under IMS and DB2. :-)
But according to professional BS-ers, COBOL, IMS and DB2 are three "different programming languages". -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html