> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen > Sent: 04 April, 2019 13:43 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: AMODE 32 > > On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:19:50 -0500 Paul Edwards <mutazi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > :>On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 13:55:30 +0300, Binyamin Dissen > <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> wrote: > > :>>What problem would this solve? > > :>It would set the long-term model for the > :>mainframe, instead of being stuck with > :>24/31-bit software for eternity. > > 24/31 is required for downward compatibility. >
I would even like to formulate it stronger: it is not a disadvantage to be stuck with 24/31-bit software, it is an advantage to be compatible with 24/31-bit software (for eternity). You might bring IBM on the idea to phase out all techniques that are more than a decade old. Kees. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
