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pre-process program
Coverage of pre-process program in the Nexus archive.
- Support newbie figured out how to avoid all-nighters, and his colleagues hated him for it
Lionel, a new analyst at a company operating IBM computer centers in the 1990s, developed a pre-process program to automate overnight COBOL batch processing fixes, eliminating his need for all-night shifts. His solution angered a colleague who relied on overtime pay from the overnight support roster.