On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:02:40 +0000, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >Here's a quote from a message I posted to this list in 2009: > >"I have a very basic one to complain about: > >DFS0929I BLDL FAILED FOR MEMBER --DDMPPSZ > >This really means that the specified PSB DDMPPSZ is not in the specified IMS >library. Why can't it just say that? As an application programmer do I >really need to know that BLDL means, well, whatever it means? > The practice was established over a half century ago when every programmer could be presumed to have at least a superficial knowledge of the entire OS/360 reference library. And storage was too precious to support elaborate messages.
That time has passed. The practice persists. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
