Re: was DDS new to the S/38? was: A Spec?

[Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx>]

For some reason, I keep hearing The Fonz in the background saying "Aaaaaaa!".
Who knows, maybe that's where it came from.

Rich
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Gary Monnier wrote:

> 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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> 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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