On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 08:53:34 -0400, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: > >If only we in SMP/E had that kind of foresight (what, 20+ years ago?) we >would not have used "HFS" as an element type. Of course this goes >beyond documentation, so I suspect we'll be stuck with ++HFS for the >foreseeable future. > There are many cases in which an abbreviation is retained for computer use after the term is deprecated otherwise. I think of Sun's retaining "yp*" utilities where "yp" originated as an abbreviation of a phrase that Sun found was proscribed by trademark rights.
Stick with "HFS" and put a historical note in a glossary. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
