"Graeme Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Working for IBM as a PSR in 1970, I can attest that APAR was > Authorised Program Analysis Report then. Nor was there controversy > about it; no "it used to stand for" comments, for example. So if the > acronym did have other roots, they were well withered by that > time. Long live Retain! > > Graeme. > [hmm, local gas prices are between (USD) $5.18 and $5.34 per (US) > gallon. (3.785 litres)] >
That is also exactly the name I was told it meant in the 80's. Kees, [hmmmmm, local gas prices here are around Euro 1,50 per liter, or $9,30 per gallon. You still have something to catch up with.] ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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