On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:14:38 -0600, Steve Horein wrote: >> >> > IsStepInit.Userid. = "0" >> >> "FTPD." is the tail. The stem end at the first period. > >Is that always true? >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.icha300/ich2a3_RRSF_stem_variables_created_by_IRRXUTIL.htm > What immediately caught my eye there was: The REXX stem examples in the last column of this table use a specified stem of "RACF®" and without the optional prefix.
No! No! No! The "®" is not part of the stem and should not be quoted as if it were. Corporate Branding Police running amok. Surely this covered by a statement in the frontmatter. >Is IBM using stem and compound variable synonymously? Or is it a >square/rectangle situation? > It's a deplorable overloading of "stem". But I feel the same about having accepted "SYSIN" as a synonym for "instream" Variety is the spice of life but the antithesis of precision. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
