And why were all those pages left blank intentionally ? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Zitzelberger Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Another OS/390 to z/OS 1.4 migration question (COBOL)
On Jun 24, 2005, at 11:15 PM, Ed Gould wrote: > On Jun 24, 2005, at 9:53 PM, Joe Zitzelberger wrote: >> On Jun 24, 2005, at 5:13 PM, Ed Gould wrote: >>> On Jun 24, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Bill Klein wrote: >>> ----------------------SNIP----------------------- >>>> 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 >> >> Twenty years ago that might have flown. But since the mid-1990s >> that just doesn't fly. Everyone and their grandmother has >> 'access' to usenet. While only about 95% of them will have it in >> their home, the rest are just a hop-skip-and-jump from a public >> library or a big box superstore complete with free internet access. >> >> They may not use it, but access is universally available in the >> developed world and pretty much available in the undeveloped >> world as well. >> > Joe, > > At the last place I worked USENET access was blocked PERIOD.. > > Ed It's blocked where I work as well -- that doesn't stop half the programmers from using their PDAs or cell phones to access it when they need it... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
