U.S.S. Unformated System Services, until Unix System Services tried to take it over.
On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:24 AM Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2021 17:35:41 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >While TSO does not support unambiguous truncation for command names, it does > >for keywords. I don't know about ICCF. > > > Unambiguous truncation is treacherous. Addition of new commands/keywords can > break > legacy art. For that reason I eschew abbreviations in code and pedagogy. > The worst > case occurs when one command is a proper prefix of another command. > > I freely abbreviate on a command line. > > ________________________________________ > On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 20:56:43 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: > >I have no problem with the DD/member ambiguity: > >\edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
