Re: Splat! (was Re: C Language) -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Splat! (was Re: C Language)
From: "Mark S. Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:15:20 -0600
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On IBM mainframes (OS/360 MVT, SVS, MVS...) we typically called it a "star",
e.g.:

    //SYSIN    DD    *

was pronounced as "sysin dee-dee star" when reading JCL out loud...

And don't forget the slash-star (in columns 1 and 2 of the card) for "end of
file"...

    /*

It was a little easier to say than "slash-asterisk"...

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