My unsubstantiated theory is a co-op student wrote DEDICATE backwards, left at the end of his/her work term, and it has stayed in the product for 25 years!
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Marcy Cortes Sent: Tue 10/31/2006 1:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New DASD If you think of it as device statements in the dir are usually SOMETHING VADDR, then remembering that the virtual address is first makes more sense. Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael MacIsaac Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] New DASD > I never understood why but the addresses seem backwards to me. Me too. I always visualize a backward arrow on DEDICATE as with the "ln -s" command. "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
