Ok, it's time to get over this one. If I remember right, it did take
me an hour or so to figure this one out a couple years ago, I knew how
to spell DBCS, but not much else.
After all this prolonged thread, a search of IBM-MAIN archives on this
issue will be confusing.
COBOL lord, Mr. Ross has acknowledged that this particular message
could use some clarification. What the [EMAIL PROTECTED] else do you want. Mr.
Klein
has done his usual through and informative answer. See above.
And, to preempt further nostalgia, yes I also remember the succinct
compiler message "error" and also "Eich Verboten" :) .
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Joe Zitzelberger
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 8:11 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...
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