Ok, Shmuel, I'm curious. Dropped decks are the only reason I ever heard, back when I was a $HASP operator. What's the more important reason?
(Mostly when customers brought huge decks of cards, two or three or four boxes sometimes, each card was a single row of a database, so the order didn't necessarily matter. But with program code, sure.) --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* You know you've had too much coffee when.... Juan Valdez names his donkey after you. You've worn out the handle on your favorite coffee mug. Your eyes stay open when you sneeze. */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 07:26 People were using sequence numbers for editing before SPF. Dropped decks is but one of several reasons, and, IMHO, not the most important. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN