I'll admit that we have some alternate expansions of SPE internally. I've heard "significant" or "staggering." I've also heard "Surprise! PE" (PTF in error)
________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2023 12:48:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM APAR Names An aside re SPEs: back in the early 80s, IBM released an SPE for a CMS utility. The original code was on the order of 500 lines; the SPE was something like 3500. Melinda Varian (whom some of you may recall) posted to VMSHARE-the VM-oriented BBS of the era-a review of the change, which had a number of significant problems, concluding: "This is small? This is programming?? This is an enhancement???" I was just starting out, but it solidly cemented the meaning of "SPE" for me! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
