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No idea, but VMS have something like that, and probably also other mini computers of the era. I'm only 40 so I'm to young to know :-) I think that Unix' "ever
by kpil 10y ago
No idea, but VMS have something like that, and probably also other mini computers of the era.
I'm only 40 so I'm to young to know :-)
I think that Unix' "everything is a stream" concept won because it's simple and powerful, but it's a good example of the failure of our educational systems that only old geezers have a clue that there are alternatives.
I feel like 99 % of the things I do at work, some guy at IBM should have made a generic solution for in 1979. Actually someone probably did.
- tyingq 10y agoProbably not the earliest implementation, but IBM mainframes did indeed have record oriented files in the 1960's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_set_(IBM_mainframe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_set_(IBM_mainframe)
- dom0 10y agoThis is actually one of the main reasons why I'm interested in non-PC computers and non-Unixish/non-NTish operating systems :)
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