13 is often thought of as unlucky, and considering what an ABEND is, the choice of 13 may not have been as random as I think you are implying.
Happy Friday. Christopher Y. Blaicher BMC Software, Inc. Austin Development Labs (512) 340-6154 The comments made are my personal opinions. BMC Software, Inc. makes no representations or promises regarding the reliability, completeness, or accuracy of the information provided in this discussion; all readers agree not to rely on this information or take any action against BMC Software in response to this information. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Mullins Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: S0C1 with ILC 6 BTW, my hats off to whoever at IBM that assigned 13 to the ABEND SVC back in 1963/4-ish. No triskaidekaphobe, he (assuming he due to the era). Later, Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
