RE: IBMathics : was WrkActJob percentages are way off -- MIDRANGE-L

Sort of...

I like how you get multiple messages in a compile listing if you forget to
define something. First you get the infamous 7030, the root of all errors.
But then if (heaven forbid) you actually tried to use that field you get a
message for trying to use an undefined field, and better yet you get one for
every instance you tried to use it!  Then, heaven help you if you used it in
a procedural call... now your procedural call does not match the
prototype... etc etc...  So now (because of one undefined field) my compile
listing reports 874 level 30 errors...

With IBMathics 1 mistake = many errors

:D

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Bull [mailto:Jeff.Bull@ITM-group.co.uk]
>Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 4:29 AM
>To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
>Subject: IBMathics : was WrkActJob percentages are way off
>
>
>For those of you who are fans of The Hitch-hikers Guide to the
>Galaxy, you
>should recall that particular branch of Math called
>'Bistromathics'.  It is
>a branch of maths which kind of explains why restaurant bills
>never seem to
>add up, particularly when a group needs to pay for 'only what
>they've had'.
>The more you break down the bill, the less accurate is the total.
>
>I have suspected for some time that there is a similar but new
>branch of
>Math emerging from IBM, I shall call it 'IBMathics'.  Topically, it is
>evident on the WRKACTJOB and WRKSYSACT displays, but also in
>the Performance
>Tools reports, and curiously it has infected IBM invoices.
>
>Does anyone have any other evidence of IBMathics for the list
>to review ?
>
>Jeff Bull  :-)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: steven.donnellan@simonjersey.com
>[mailto:steven.donnellan@simonjersey.com]
>Sent: 31 August 2001 09:26
>To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: WrkActJob percentages are way off
>
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>WRKACTJOB doesn't show System Tasks.  Have a look at WRKSYSACT and see
>what System Tasks are running (including the almost legendary CFINT##
>task...)
>
>Steven Donnellan
>AS/400 Systems Manager
>IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Professional Operator
>Simon Jersey Ltd
>
>http://www.simonjersey.com
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>"Patrick Conner" <pwconner@charter.net>
>Sent by: midrange-l-admin@MIDRANGE.COM
>31/08/01 00:18
>Please respond to midrange-l
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>        To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
>        cc:
>        Subject:        WrkActJob percentages are way off
>
>
>Sometimes when we WrkActJob the CPU utilization in the list
>does not come anywhere near what is being reported at the
>top of the display. Why is that?
>V4R5 with current ptfs.
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