On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:14:53 -0500, des...@verizon.net wrote: >I find the whole issue of compatibility bogus. >Existing programs are compatible with existing parms. >Increasing the max is irrelevant to compatibility. > >Longer parms are a total waste of time though. >They're too hard to code. > >Real environment variables is a much better way to go.
For me, the bigger issue is having a system where the JCL calls programs just as programs call programs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html