On Jun 24, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Bill Klein wrote:
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NOTE WELL:
Although this topic comes up occasionally in IBM-MAIN, there really
are
VERY FEW "questions" in either comp.lang.cobol or TEK-TIPS about "what
does
the following IBM COBOL compiler message mean." This does (to me)
confirm
the IBM belief that MOST of the messages *are* self-documenting.
Even for the message in question, it is my belief that MOST of the
time that
it is issued is because someone using DBCS within alphanumeric
literals have
mis-coded it. This along with the fact that the "currently supported"
CICS
translators with the recommended translator options do NOT cause the
problem, makes it hard for me to "blame" the compiler message or
documentation.
I am not sure I agree with you. *MOST* programmers I have had exposure
to don't have access to usenet. Their only lines of defense is ask
someone else or call the help desk.
I still want to know who to call when they say call your systems
programmer.
Ed
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