On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:37 AM, David Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong (John Ehrman), > but I thought that IBM once upon a time, > way back when they started to create mnemonics longer than 5 characters... > > I thought they said > their new limit was going to be seven characters. > Well... "VSTRCZFS". > ​Ah! the old "if you like your 8 character macro name, you can keep your 8 character macro name" trick, eh? (Texan disguising himself as a Canadian).​ > > [sigh] > > > > Dave Cole > ColeSoft Marketing > 414 Third Street, NE > Charlottesville, VA 22902 > EADDRESS: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > > Home page: www.colesoft.com > User's Group: www.xdc.com (on LinkedIn) > Facebook: www.facebook.com/colesoftware > Videos: www.youtube.com/user/colesoftware -- ​ While a transcendent vocabulary is laudable, one must be eternally careful so that the calculated objective of communication does not become ensconced in obscurity. In other words, eschew obfuscation. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Maranatha! <>< John McKown
