I'll second the motion to allow lower case in JCL. In fact, I'd like to see an option to allow "user friendly" JCL:
1. For compatibility, there would need to be an installation configuration option to permit or disallow "user friendly" JCL. 2. It should allow mixed case JCL keywords and parameters. Of course, quoted strings would not be folded to upper case. 3. Positional "keyword" parameters (for example, RLSE) should become simply "keyword" parameters. 4. Continuations should be able to start anywhere after column 3. 5. JCL should not be restricted to columns 1-72 of LRECL=80, but should support RECFM=F or V and larger LRECL's. The last 8 columns of RECFM=F and the first 8 columns of RECFM=V should have automatic sequence number detection and would ignore sequence numbers as appropriate. I'm sure that there are many other features that would make JCL even more user friendly. Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] (919) 966-3968 UNC Hospitals Information Services Division 321 Meadowmont Village Circle, 2nd Floor Chapel Hill, NC 27517 "The time is always right to do what is right" -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
