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Re:IBM ported Go to s390x mainframes by dbalan on Monday January 11, 2016 @11:38AM (#10881442)
IBM used to run the mainframe challenge, in which they let you play with one. It was more a PR exercise than a competition - http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/uk/graduate-programmes/main...
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Re:IBM ported Go to s390x mainframes by xienze on Monday January 11, 2016 @03:11PM (#10883045)
It's primarily a talent identification exercise. Helps them find the next generation of z/OS developers that they could potentially hire to replace the ones who are retiring.
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