The notion of waiting ages for programs to compile or assemble is mostly related to the older hardware.
I compile/assemble COBOL and IBM's assembly language on a z13 daily and it's pretty much instantaneous.
I compile/assemble COBOL and IBM's assembly language on a z13 daily and it's pretty much instantaneous.
Oh, I was talking more about older ways to organize the data centre: batch vs timeshare processing.