My friend Peter Relson writes: > I readily grant that the books are too often wrong. But that does not > lessen their official-ness. Help us to get them right.
I am all in favor of following the documented interfaces where ever possible, however the books are not just "often wrong". They are almost always out of date. In days of old the functionality included in a new release would usually show up in the books for the new release, or in a TNL. Now it is pretty common for great hunks of function not to show up in the books for a release or two. And while I sympathize with the plea to help "get them right", I can tell you from first hand experience over (mumble) years, sending in an RCF is about as useful as yelling down a well. IBM is not investing in keeping the platform information up to date. CC
