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> Reading a bit of mainframe history would do some good it seems. I wonder if anyone has a list of awesome mainframe features so that we know what modern compu
by Shish2k 7y ago
> Reading a bit of mainframe history would do some good it seems.
I wonder if anyone has a list of awesome mainframe features so that we know what modern computing is going to "invent" next? :P
(See also: hot-swappable parts, virtualisation, containers, etc... I never got to work with mainframes myself, just each time I dig into some new "industry game-changer" tech, I learn that mainframes had it in the 60's)
- 7373737373 7y agoGNOSIS/KeyKOS: Capability security, Resource metering, Persistence mechanisms http://www.cap-lore.com/Agorics/Library/KeyKos/ http://www.cap-lore.com/Agorics/Library/KeyKos/
- pjc50 7y agoSomeone was circulating the IBM 360 "principles of operation" recently, which sounds like a good way to start. The trick is identifying which parts were abandoned by mistake, and which parts were abandoned because they were genuinely bad. Nobody wants 21st century JCL. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieab200/iea3b2__Examples_of_JCL.htm https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/...
- magoghm 7y agoWe already have a 21st century JCL: Kubernetes.