Some program "features" have also been described as BAD (Broken As Designed).
An APAR [1] is a South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Apar. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software [1] It might also refer to an Authorized Program Analysis Report: http://search400.techtarget.com/definition/authorized-program-analysis-report. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Cole Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DCBs and DCBEs - Could IBM have done it any worse? Way back in the '70s, when a colleague tried to file an APAR (remember what that actually stands for?) over some now forgotten issue, IBM refused to do so, saying "It doesn't need 'fixing' because [you guessed it] it works as coded..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
