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Yes, DDS was on the S/38. At the time a display file was a pretty new.
Object-based development had not quite reached the mainstream. I
suspect the A in position 6 stood for "A new paradigm".
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mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:05 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: was DDS new to the S/38? was: A Spec?
On 5/9/07, Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm just guessing, but evidently someone in the past thought some type
of identifier was needed (most forms do have them when looking at RPG,
Sort, WSU, etc if memory serves) and 'A' was picked perhaps as a good
starting point.
was DDS a S/38 innovation? Is it something G. Glenn Henry came up with?
Or did the S/34 already have it?
-Steve
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