In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 10/09/2006
at 07:42 PM, Dave Salt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>What about ISPF panel 'logic'; is that a programming language?
No, nor am I convinced that it should be extended enough to become a
language. In particular, I don't currently see the value of iteration
in an ISPF panel, although it's possible that I would if I took a hard
look at it.
Some things that were not intended to be used as programming languages
but that qualified can and have been used for applications like
Johnson's marvelous dancing bear; the marvel wasn't how well it
danced, but that it danced at all. An example of that was my use[1] of
SCRIPTW to generate a DASD backup schedule.
[1] Yes, it really was the easiest way, however bizarre it seems.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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