From: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
To: Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] A language question
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:28:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEoi9W6-dzc75FAkYEETLYAOP=5EBWEcPY8RPDNnCPSryM83xg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFH29tqufeRqhPyozT5Nmjb2nUvSxArHyDwEKEZ2nU0Kijma7w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:25 AM Richard Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com> wrote:
> I hope that this does not start any kind of language flaming and that if
> something starts the moderator will shut it down quickly.
>
> Where did the name for abort(3) and SIGABRT come from? I believe it was
> derived from the IBM term ABEND, but would like to know one way or the
> other.
>
Caveat that I don't know the answer to the question, but "abort" to cease
doing something is pretty common in a lot of contexts; I always assumed
this was picked up in the same way one would "abort the mission" or "abort
the test flight" or something of that nature.
As an aside, I'd always been under the impression that the "AB" in "ABEND"
comes from, "abnormal"?
- Dan C.
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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 [this message]
2021-09-01 13:44 ` Clem Cole
2021-09-01 14:23 ` Paul Winalski
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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