On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:05:47 -0600, Hobart Spitz wrote:
>
>Still not enough? Write (or get your favorite assembler programmer to
>write) a CMS SLEEP like program. There might be one on a CBT tape or on
>the web.
>
Assembler!? CBT tape!? What rock have you been under for the few
decades that bog standard OS/390 Rexx has had:
address SYSCALL 'sleep' <seconds>
>99% of what JCL does for you can be done in REXX. 99% of what you can do
>with REXX *cannot* be done in JCL. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just
>wrong or is too lazy to do a little extra work that saves a lot of work
>later. Work smart, not hard.
>
I settled on a synthesis: code allocations, the JCL 1% as JCL DD statements
and the 99% heavy lifting in IRXJCL Rexx or IKJEFT01 Rexx. I wash my hands
after writing the JCL.
Mr. Natural sez, Use the right tool for the job.
-- gil
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