In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said:
> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:36:10 -0500
>
> >And, if you believe that, you'd be astonished (but I know such things
> >rarely astonish you) at the arcana IBM support spouted at me several
> >years ago when I presented a case in which DDNAME=x appeared not to
> >override an OUTPUT=y.
>
> Ouch! I was thinking of things that go into the Internal Text Buffer;
> things handled via SJF could well be exceptions. Sorry for overlooking
> that.
>
So I unearthed my test case, dated 1985. The misbehavior no longer
occurs. Presumably a more influential account than ours was able
to explain to IBM support why this constituted an error.
WTF SJF? Actually, I suspect I vaguely know. I have heard tales
that the JCL C/I is FUBAR ("Beyond Ability to Repair"), and development
is afraid to replace or significantly modify it. Presumably dusty
decks have dependencies on idiosyncrasies never specified. So,
enhancements are made somehow outboard of the C/I proper. The
mind boggles.
-- gil
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