Personally I prefer "data set" but comprehend "dataset". A bit like "Full Function English" and "Limited Function English". :-)
Lights blue touch paper but fails to stand well back. :-) Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: retired mainframer <retired-mainfra...@q.com> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 06/05/2014 22:47 Subject: Re: Upgrade Product - Vsam Files Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> :>: -----Original Message----- :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On :>: Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil :>: Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 2:10 PM :>: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :>: Subject: Re: Upgrade Product - Vsam Files :>: :>: If we're nitpicking, it is "data sets", not "datasets" Considering that IBM (which I believe coined the word) uses the word "dataset" over 1300 times (plus another 100+ occurrences of "datasets") in the SMS bookshelf alone, you are picking at the wrong nit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
