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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Article on new mainframe use
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 03:26:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 01:12:23 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:

> According to Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid>:
>
>>But then, COBOL was never quite IBM’s thing ...
> 
> Uh, on what planet?  IBM has had COBOL on their mainframes since the
> 705 III.

Umm, three-digit IBM model numbers were vacuum-tube machines, not 
transistorized. COBOL dates from the transistor era.