RE: RPG Reserved Words -- RPG400-L

The first acronyms I learned were in the Army: FUBAR
and SWAG.  Cartoons make frequent use of #$% in place
of letters, such as:

"This thread is $%@!ing rediculous."

JMFO,

Phil



--- Troy.C.Dills@blum.com wrote:
>
> Phil
>
> If you think that is what acronyms are for (swearing
> without spelling it out),
> then I suggest they be banned from the list.  But
> not all acronyms are not
> bad or should I say swear acronyms.  Maybe you need
> to research your
> point of an acronym again.
>
> Definition:  ACRONYM:  Word formed from the first
> initials of several words
>                      IE: NASA, DOS, TWAIN
> (technology without an interesting name)
>
> TIA
> Troy Dills
> Programmer/Analyst
> RPGIV  V5R1
> Julius Blum Inc.
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>                     "Phil"
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>                     rpg400-l-admin@mi
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>                     01/29/2002 06:34
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>                     rpg400-l
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>
>
> >
> > Gee that raises a good question.  Are acronyms
> swearing?
>
> Isn't that the point of the acronym?!  To say
> something without saying it?
>
> Personally I thought the F stood for "Feature-Rich".
>
> ;-)
>
> Phil
>
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >  We have to strongly reject these fool words.
> Yes,
> > we have the freedom of speech but there are
> channels and appropriate time
> > to do
> > it and here is not the place.  Professionalism is
> something that we are
> > lacking
> > in here.  This consistent behavior from different
> people should be under
> > the
> > MIDRANGE Forum Moderator's attention.
> >
> > I really want to defend the purpose of the usage
> of this tool we
> > have today
> > that
> > the whole INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY shares.
> >
> > Thank you all.
> >
> > Peter Vidal
> >
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