Anciently, a distinguishing convention was observed. Systerm ABEND codes were presented, displayed or printed, as three-digit hexadecimal values; and 'user' ABEND codes were instead displayed or printed as four-digit (sic) decimal ones.
Here 'system' really meant operating system; and 'user' meant everything else, so that, for example, compile- and execution-time ABEND codes for many IBM-supplied language processors produced user, four decimal-digit, ABEND codes. This distinction was a useful one, but I suppose that it is now too late to try to reëstablish it. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
