I like VM/VSE better
Ok now don't beat me up here
LOL
Rob Schramm
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Does anyone else think that working with z/OS is completely the coolest
thing since the invention of "sliced bread"?
I am reading thru the 1.13 announcement and there is alot of really cool
stuff. It is hard to just select a few things to talk about.
Rob Schramm
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Steve Comstock
<st...@trainersfriend.com>wrote:
> Today the IBM announcements newsletter included the
> preview for z/OS 1.13.
>
> One point that caught my eye immediately:
>
> * Support is planned for in-stream data sets
> to be used within JCL procedures and for
> include statements.
>
> Well! That's been a long time coming. But I'm sure
> more than a few on this list will appreciate it.
> (Note: announced for JES2 only)
>
>
> Another interesting change:
>
> * Support is planned for job return codes.
> This support will be designed to allow you
> to specify that the job return code be set
> to the highest return code encountered by
> any step, the last step, or a specified
> step in the job. This will help make it
> simpler to interpret the results of job
> execution.
>
>
> For ISPF:
>
> * Line command level Edit macros
>
>
> There are _tons_ of other enhancements listed:
> this looks to be one of the most complex new
> releases in quite a while. I'll report on the
> ones that seem significant to the application
> development community in my annual post after
> the docs are available and I've had a chance
> to through them more carefully. But the
> above seemed significant and easy to grasp
> right away.
>
>
>
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>
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