Re: ancient OS history, ARM is sort of channeling the IBM 360

In article <v60u5l$99i$1@gal.iecc.com>, John Levine  <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

According to Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid>:

On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 01:02:07 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
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According to Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid>:

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Again, it depends.  For COBOL, you didn't have to specify anything.
The compiler set up everything for you for you, and it "just worked".

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Maybe it didn’t. Given the way locate-mode I/O is set up, it should
automatically fall back to copy-mode if the conditions are not right.
So maybe you were in fact using copy-mode, not locate-mode, most of the
time, without realizing it.

 
You know, you could admit that just once you're wrong.

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Admit that you never checked whether locate mode was actually engaged or
not. You just assumed that it was.

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Huh, you can't admit you're wrong.  Well, whatever.

I still don't understand why people keep trying to have real
discussions  with this Lawrence fellow: he's clearly either a
dedicated troll, or more likely the village idiot.

- Dan C.