> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ian > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:51 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Terminology RE: USS > > >John McKown writes: > > > >I never heard of "broken brackets" for < and >. Just "less > than" and "greater than". > > > You probably never heard of "Left Banana" , "Right Banana" > for "(" and ")" then? :-) > > Mike X, a great dba and all around great guy I worked with > many years ago used to use those terms for (). > > "scootchie left" and "scootchie right" was his chosen terms > for getting you to move the cursor. > > > Ian. > http://www.cicsworld.com
No, I hadn't. But I __like__ it. Formal adoption in progress! -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
