David It's a shame you didn't preserve the bracketed "was" in the title because now the misguided responses have an excuse for being misguided.
It's vital that those who misuse "USS" appreciate that it can cause the correct "USS" when it is used correctly from being misinterpreted by those who may not be familiar with USS, even denied by those who are familiar with what it describes and, worst of all, denied with apologies! All this can be appreciated only when the relevant posts in the thread "Mainframe hacking" are connected to this thread. This is nothing to do with language and everything to do with understanding and respect for fellow list subscribers - and, even, as recently rediscovered, routing of maintenance queries. There is also a current thread in which it has been revealed - to some! - that as recently as V1R8, the USS function - as used by the TN3270 server - has been enhanced to use system symbols in USS messages - by popular demand, no less! And the TN3270 server developers and manual authors botched it!!! Chris Mason On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:07:55 -0700, David Alcock <[email protected]> wrote: >Today when I read USS, I think Unix. 20 years ago I thought VTAM. Languages evolve. Thou shalt evolve too. I'm not saying you have to like it. > >I've also been known to drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
