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Shilpi · Beginner Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 8 Topics: 3

Hi,

Can I get some reference on the EDS utility WAAPDSUT ?

Thanks.

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:31 am Post subject:

AFAIK, it is a home-grown utility by EDS. Thus, it will be properiatary. Hence, not available in public domain. Ask your peers. That is your best bet.
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kolusu · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:17 am Post subject:

Shilpi,

WAAPDSUT stands for What An Amazing Program Data Set UTility . This was an utility developed by EDS.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

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dtf · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:03 pm Post subject:

WAAPDSUT was developed starting in the late 1960s and it basically follows conventions of assembler language. In its day, it truely was a great utility, as it proceeded all other program utilities of this type, such as QuickJob, DYL and Eztrieve. One shop that I worked in had a very early version of this utility, and it was called BAAP930.

I have also heard that the the "WAA" prefix stood for "W"hat "A"n "A"mazing...., but I am not sure that this is actually true. (Not that it matters, and it is is a pretty cool explaination for the name)

If you are in an EDS shop, or a shop that has licensed EDS software, you should be able to find documentation.

I am told that the author was a guy named Dwight King. He must have been a pretty forward thinking person.
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