Re: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL)

2021-10-04 Thread zMan
That's a good one, Bob! We've all done that kind o' thing and it's just amazing afterward--you just can't believe you did it! On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 9:21 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > Decades ago I was at Burlington Industries -- at the time almost every > programmer in the area passed through Burling

Re: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL)

2021-10-04 Thread Bob Bridges
Decades ago I was at Burlington Industries -- at the time almost every programmer in the area passed through Burlington Industries and/or other textiles companies, one or more times -- and they brought in a new platform to run factory processes. We were all busy reading the manuals for a week o

Re: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL)

2021-10-03 Thread Tom Brennan
y here. Someone will sure hasten to correct me if I am wrong. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, October 3, 2021 8:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs.

Re: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL)

2021-10-03 Thread David Spiegel
sure hasten to correct me if I am wrong. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, October 3, 2021 8:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL) On Sun, 3 Oc

Re: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL)

2021-10-03 Thread Charles Mills
Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, October 3, 2021 8:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL) On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 10:02:46 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >Hi Charles, >I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in >MVS, is an abbreviation

Abbrev. (was: PL/I vs. JCL)

2021-10-03 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 10:02:46 -0400, David Spiegel wrote: >Hi Charles, >I guess that nobody bothered to tell the tech writer that the "S" in >MVS, is an abbreviation for "Storage". > Decades ago, I learned "Segments", and I've thought that ever since. I may never have uttered it. But, GIYF (sic), "