The mainframe is counter intuitive?????? What about using the '-' to add parameters in UNIX. Now THAT's counter intuitive!
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 2:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: avgrec/avgblk history ? Paul Gilmartin wrote: [...] > > And what ever was the rationale for this counterintuitve mickeymouse, > as opposed to the relatively intuitive alternative: [...] Paul, You're experienced person. You should know this is the rul #1 in mainframe environmnet. To keep things complicated. User unfriendly. Counterintuitive. No defaults, unless default values are completely useless. <g> That's why we can discuss for days how to solve a problem, which is simply non-existent on other platforms. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
