> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > > [ snip ] > At least a decade. I don't know about "decades". But beware. > JCL converter allows "DSN=USER.FOO-BAR", but syntax errors on > "DCB=USER.FOO-BAR". Go figure. Documented. Can anyone > envision a rationale for this better than Conway's law or > Emerson's maxim on consistency? > > Likewise, ISPF LMCOPY allows (or used to allow) hyphens in > member names, but LMMSTATS prohibits them. Go figure.
A perverse consistency. "Hello, Left Hand? This is Right Hand." ... "Whaddya mean, you never heard of 'Right Hand'??" -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
