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Originally Posted by TechniSol
Okay, okay, I've been (im?)properly chastised, "Gramps." Next time I will write "operating system with a command oriented interface" as opposed to a menu or GUI based OS. I knew I should have been specific -in a more general manner.  I somehow managed to avoid the jungle of CP/M with all due respect to Mr. kildall, but I was once upon a time conversant in JCL if you want to go obscure from most people's viewpoints. |
I have horrible memories of JCL. Going from a simple UNIX command line to having to use JCL was as bad as going from coding in WatFor to coding in COBOL. One of the places I was more than happy to leave.
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Originally Posted by TechniSol
As for the ability to really screw things up, DOS came with plenty of ammo. Let's not forget the helpul inclusion of the "format" command, or Windoze leaving anti-personnel devices like regedit laying about for 10 year olds to discover...
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Fond(?) memories of one acquaintance who accidentally typed an extra slash when cleaning up user files and got a quick lesson in why logging in as root is not a good idea -- especially when it's 3 AM and you are phoning for help on restoring backups.
Regards,
David