On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:51:12 -0500, Eric N. Bielefeld <eric- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >Actually, that brings up something that bugs me about this list. A lot of >people use acronyms, and don't define them. Lots of acronyms on this list, >most system programmers should know, but there are many that I know I don't >always know or remember what they are, ... I >ask people that if there is any doubt that the vast majority of IBM- Mainers >should know what an acronym is, please put the full words in the text of >your message once, right after or before the acronym. It really helps if >everyone knows for sure what exactly is being said. >... You're right. There are lots of acronyms and/or abreviations used on this list, and a lot of them are meaningless to some readers. It's hard to know when or what explanation is needed, though. It's a safe bet that MVS doesn't need to be spelled out. It an even safer bet that "Multiple Virtual Storage" (or is it Systems"?) is not going to help anyone understand "MVS". Likewise VTAM, VSAM, CICS, etc. It becomes even murkier when acronyms are reused. (I assume many people reading IBM-Main know what is refered to by SOAP. To me it's the 650's assembler - the Symbolic Optimizing Assembler Program. There's a communication gap here somewhere.) Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
