On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:56:31 -0700, Gerhard Adam wrote: ...lots of setup by John and other good stuff by Adam snipped... > > ... But, in truth, I have never heard more >whining from people that have access to the best tools and technology >available, yet they can't seem to figure out how to code an IEBGENER job >stream. Even worse, there has never been more documentation available than >there is today, yet the average "programmer" doesn't seem to realize that >(just like books), PDFs don't read themselves. In the past many people were >accused of only copying the examples from manuals rather than reading them, >yet in many ways I wish the current crop would be even that industrious. I was incensed by this post - because I agreed so intensely with his sentiment. Now it is going to take me a few seconds longer to get some sleep tonight.
>I also recognize that there are exceptions to this rant out there and to >them I apologize for my statements and wish them much luck. Yeah, me too. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI (Don't let my e-mail address fool you - I kept it for convenience; I'm a practicing sysprog at a z9 customer site) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
