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Re: [Nmh-workers] obsolete optional slocal argument format
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Ken Hornstein |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] obsolete optional slocal argument format |
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Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:05:00 -0500 |
>Even longer-lived was a bug in OS/360, where the JCL code checked for a
>"skipped" jobstep by checking for a non-zero execution time, as even IEFBR14
>took at least 0.01 seconds to run once you counted the initiator CPU time and
>all that stuff. Then the 303x showed up and the CPU time for an IEFBR14 could
>register as 0.00. Bug must have been in the original MFT/MVT code in
>1964-ish, and I remember applying the OS/VS1 patch in 1984 or so....
I'm not sure which is sadder ... you reminiscing about IEFBR14, or the fact
that I also remember it.
Even stranger, IEFBR14 has it's own Wikipedia entry. Ah, good times.
--Ken