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> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Bob Bridges > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 6:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: "National" characters > > It was never clear to me why the term "national" was picked in the first > place. > Although I worked for Volvo 14 years (jag Verkade på Volvo Lastvagnar fyrtio > år) and on the Swedish side those keys produced characters in the Swedish > alphabet - I don't remember which ones exactly, but probably something like > Ä, Å and Ö. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Vegetables aren't food. Vegetables are what food eats. -from Shoe, > 1999-10-08 */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Peter Relson > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 08:05 > > The ID (now CDD) folks had years ago made us refer to @,$,# as "special > characters" rather than as "national characters". > > It is disappointing that they did not change the publications to be consistent > with that directive. By all means point out the discrepancies that you spot. > > I'll bet that any change would be from "national" to "special" (not the other > way around). I have no idea what term they will decide to use for the JCL > characters that they currently call special. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
