I'm so use to splitting the name after the 3rd character I did not even notice this, until one of our younger programmers pronounced it as "I EAT DUMP"
Robert Ngan HCL Technologies -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jim Mulder Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2018 00:19 To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: IEATDUMP MF=L Can someone explain this? I suppose the way one groups the letters would be influenced by one's own habits. I would expect that experienced z/OS programmers would know that for the past few decades, new macro names follow the same convention as module names and message IDs by starting with the 3 character prefix of the owning component. IEA - component prefix T - Transaction DUMP - Dump Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie NY > From: "Paul Gilmartin" > <00000014e0e4a59b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Date: 08/26/2018 01:07 AM > Subject: Re: IEATDUMP MF=L Can someone explain this? > Sent by: "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > Who thinks up these macro names, anyway? That one wouldn't pass > muster as a California vanity license plate. DXC Technology Company - Headquarters: 1775 Tysons Boulevard, Tysons, Virginia 22102, USA. DXC Technology Company -- This message is transmitted to you by or on behalf of DXC Technology Company or one of its affiliates. It is intended exclusively for the addressee. The substance of this message, along with any attachments, may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information or information that is otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate any part of this message. If you have received this message in error, please destroy and delete all copies and notify the sender by return e-mail. Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind DXC Technology Company or any of its affiliates to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose.
