In a recent note, Chase, John said:

> Date:         Fri, 15 Jul 2005 06:43:12 -0500
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Martin Kline
> >
> > How about coding EXEC PGM=NULL (or whatever name you want)
> > instead of IEFBR14?
> >
> > One could even go as far as making it a parmlib option as to
> > what program name is the "null" program.  Maybe even add a
> > console command to set and remove it.
> 
> That would seem to beg the (original?) question, "What's "wrong" with
> (calling it) IEFBR14?"
> 
I had pointed out that if a programmer has a customized version of
IEFBR14 in STEPLIB, special treatment of that name by the initiator
will be a change in behavior.

But choosing a different name doesn't remove the name conflict;
it simply moves it to a different point in the name space.

-- gil
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