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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:08:00 PST
- Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list <IBM-MAIN@RICEVM1.BITNET>
- From: Leonard D Woren <LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: WTO strings need not be inline anymore
- Lines: 31
-
- (Please note that I'm not picking on the IBMer who posted the message
- that I'm quoting; I'm picking on IBM Corp.)
-
- > The WTO macro was used as an example of:
- > 'IBM's often limited interfaces (like WTO, with its requirement that you
- > you code the WTO string inline)'
- >
- > This limitation was removed in MVS/ESA SP4.1.0 with the addition of the
- > TEXT parameter on the WTO macro.
-
- Oh good. So we can expect IBM to fix one boneheaded design error in
- OS every 25+ years?
-
- Right now I'm trying to get TSO/E to remove the forced blksize=3120
- for log files in TRANSMIT and RECEIVE. They claim this is a major
- design change, and are refusing to do it. Since the replacement for
- the linkage editor finally removes the blksize=3200 restriction for
- its input, I expect to see TRANSMIT and RECEIVE fixed in the year
- 2022, based on my estimate of when TRANSMIT and RECEIVE came out.
- Of course, IBM will not be in business by then due to things like
- this.
-
- From a very old "The Wizard of Id": A sign on the wall behind the
- store clerk says "The customer is always wrong." Rodney tells the
- clerk: "There's something wrong with your sign." The clerk says "No
- there isn't."
-
- TSO/E development has already spent more time arguing with me over
- this than would be required to actually fix the code.
-
- /Leonard
-