From: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
To: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] A language question
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:23:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABH=_VQmKPDsceuVNFPTH9oyaYwjtmChwRGkXXGkgwpZwUGwXg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W6-dzc75FAkYEETLYAOP=5EBWEcPY8RPDNnCPSryM83xg@mail.gmail.com>
On 9/1/21, Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As an aside, I'd always been under the impression that the "AB" in "ABEND"
> comes from, "abnormal"?
You are correct, Dan. ABEND comes from the IBM (specifically
OS/360/370) world and is short for "abnormal end". It means that
application program (called the "problem program" in IBM mainframe
jargon) has terminated abnormally for some reason and control has
returned to the operating system. An ABEND was typically followed by
a core dump to the printer. As the manual for beginning programmers
at Boston College said, "Despite what your German teacher might tell
you, there is no such thing as a guten ABEND."
-Paul W.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-01 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-01 13:23 Richard Salz
2021-09-01 13:28 ` Dan Cross
2021-09-01 13:44 ` Clem Cole
2021-09-01 14:23 ` Paul Winalski [this message]
2021-09-01 14:29 ` John Cowan
2021-09-01 15:59 ` Ron Natalie
2021-09-01 18:09 ` Warner Losh
2021-09-01 18:43 ` John Cowan
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