I know there is no reaching cranky Ed, but for others I can help: >Somewhere around the mid 1990's IBM seem to have done a reverse and >either stop issuing manuals (eg COBOL MESSAGES AND CODES) or made
The issue of COBOL compiler messages was discussed here, and most agreed it would not be that helpful, since it would mostly say 'please see the COBOL Language Reference Manual'. >them so complicated to read (COBOL conversion guide) it takes a >lawyer to understand them (not only do you have to by a lawyer you >have to have technical knowledge of a guru in order to understand the >vagaries of the writing. That leaves most of the other manuals >difficult or hard to understand. >The COBOL conversion manual is probably the clearest case of manual >writers gone wrong. IBM has received several RCF (Reader Comment Forms) from customers who told us that they loved the COBOL Migration Guide (I assume that was what was meant by 'COBOL conversion manual') and said that it was the most readable and best IBM manual they had ever seen! The only negative we have heard is to much info, since we provide migration paths for EVERY possible scenario. Cheers, TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
