I've been lurking but had to pipe in...

YYYY would also be understood by the other majority of PowerHouse
Programmers and MPEX tinkerers on the HP3000.  (There is overlap with COBOL
here.)

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From:   Stan Sieler[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, November 26, 1996 9:55 AM
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Subject:        Re: HPYYYY and HPYYYYMMDD (was Re: Proposal for new HPCENTURY

Gregory writes:
> a raw nerve. It is HPMonth, not HPMM. HPYYYY is inconsistent. And
> HPSUSAN is an acronym for System Unique Assigned Serial Number. YYYY is
> no acronym; it is COBOLese.

You mean, COBOLese as in "immediately understood by the majority of
programmers on the HP3000"? :)

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