We used to call them "undocumented features." 😊


Bill Hitefield



> -----Original Message-----

> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]>

> On Behalf Of Steve Thompson

> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 1:45 PM

> To: [email protected]

> Subject: Re: ASMA043E Previously defined symbol

>

> One place I worked long ago used BAD:  Broken as Designed.

>

> Steve Thompson

>

> On 5/1/2024 1:25 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

> > Ease of bizarre inscrutable errors is not the same as ease of use.

> > Just sayin' ;-)

> >

> > WAD just means it was a bad design.

> >

> > sas

> >

> > On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 7:00 PM Phil Smith III 
> > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

> >

> >> Paul Gilmartin wrote, re Rexx being fine with duplicate labels:

> >>> That's bad.

> >> That's WAD. Remember, the goal of Rexx was ease of use. Just sayin'.

> >>

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