Re: Off topic: Help with compiling an old C program
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Tom wrote:
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> "What on earth is this guy going to do with a JCL simulator?" is something
> that's probably on Your, the reader's, mind right now. The answer is a very
> simple one; I'm one of the sysadmin at my school, with the network consisting of
> god-knows-how-many win9x computers and two servers, an NT junk and our ancient
> Linux 486 wheeze-box. I admin the linux one, and get ticked off several times a
> day when some dimwit freshman goes and decides to blaspheme the hallowed Server
> by IRCing, MUDing or preforming other un-good actions. So, being a BOFH, I decide
> to replace the standard shell (bash) with the JCL shell I found. "Hey," I think,
> "if they can use JCL, they've EARNED the right to type three lines of smileys in
> IRC."
> I figure I'd just leave a copy of the 315 page, 105,507 word "OS/390 V2R4.0
> MVS JCL User's Guide" lying next to the keyboard, with the words "EVIL" scrawled
> on the first page in shaky letters.
Having been forced to use JCL in a former life, I can't help but ask, "Isn't
there an easier way?" Maybe a firewall or something?
Irv
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