In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/06/2006
at 08:41 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>What's a "job scheduler"
Software that schedules jobs.
>Is it made of silicon or carbon?
No. It's made out of data.
>I thought that nowadays almost all jobs (barring those actually
>submitted on physical, necrodendritic cards) go through an INTRDR;
Or remote batch or a virtual card reader under VM. But the issue is
not how the job is submitted but rather who submits it.
>Are programmers in a production environment likewise discouraged
>from using the TSO SUBMIT command
Only at well run shops.
>Must a human bureaucrat ("job scheduler") sign off on each one?
No: see above.
>If the process is in fact automated, can't one job submit another
>through the automated sanctioned channel,
How does that conflict with what Chris wrote?
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