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From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Alpha Carinae)
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Subject: Re: Unix, Unixpeople, Usenix (really IBM Utilities)
Message-ID: <2168@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 19:18:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 19:18:50 1985
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> In article <150@mit-eddie.UUCP> gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) writes:
> >Unix may have its problems, but I'd rather wander through the man pages,
> >documentation and (gasp!) the source code, rather than look through 100
> >IBM manuals trying to find out what IEFBR14 means.

> Ian W Moor
> How about the system messages manual ? It lists them in order.

  IEFBR14 is not a system message; it is a dummy utility which does a
  branch on register 14 (essentially exits once it is called).  I would
  have suggested the OS Utilities manual, but it doesn't seem to be in
  there, either!

  Let's face it.  All operating systems have their warts.  The original
  article (which I thought quite humorous) could be written about *any*
  operating system (I've got quite a collection of OS stuff!)
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