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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by rbanffy on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:32AM (#18494510)
I have friends who still say their program "abended".

Just a minor nitpick - the green screens we see today are also often descendants of the 3270 family as well as the 5250's that started life with the System/34 and found their way into the AS/400 and iSeries.

I had to nitpick because the 3270 is where this beautiful (shameless plug) font originated: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font

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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by NikolaNovak on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @07:13PM (#18499113)
Are... are there people who don't? :O

I haven't ever really worked on Mainframe as such, but I _am_ in the IBM/ERP world, and, well, a program Abends, that's just what it does when it goes South. Not even sure what else to call it - failed? Errorred out? ...Segfaulted its guts on the ground? :->

(edit: I suppose I should also fess up that we call virtual machines "LPARs" and physical machines "frames" :P )

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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by rbanffy on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:48AM (#18501970)
It took me a long time to accept Docker's use of the word "container".

To me, "virtual machine" has a distinctive Smalltalk 80 feel. And, of course, it's a bit underwhelming in comparison.

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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by rhizome on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @06:07PM (#18498709)
ABEND was also used in Novell Netware, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the most recent actual incarnation (rather than a reference, as in a game).
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Re:IBM z14 Microprocessor and System Control Design by mikehollinger on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:42AM (#18494618)
Ha! Fair enough. Lessee if I can edit...
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