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Subject:Re: Help needed on Term From:"Joseph McRoy (Roy) Anderson" <royanderson -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 5 May 1998 10:54:13 -0400
Ellen,
Yes, "user exit" is a legitimate programming term in widespread use for
over thirty years. It functions as you described it, as predefined "hooks"
upon which a client firm's programmers can "attach" custom programming code
to further expand client-oriented functionality.
The IBM term "user macro exit" was served the same function within large-scale
mainframe circles. Don't know if it is still in use, but should you encounter
the term, replace it with "user exit".
Ellen Gorlow wrote:
>
> In the documentation I'm editing (translated from a German original) the
> following is called a "user exit": A place in a program where you can
> attach your own piece of programming.
> Can anyone confirm if "user exit" is the correct term to use.
> Ellen Gorlow
> Technical Writer
> Viasoft
> egorlow -at- viasoft -dot- com
>
