On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:36:31 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote:
>Thanks Rex, exactly what I was going to say.
>
>On 12/23/2020 7:40 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote:
>>
>> Yeah there's a problem with it - a human problem. It's easy when in a hurry
>> to miss the fact they're reversed ...
>>
"reversed"? Is there a canonical order for DD statements? Perhaps
alphabetical, by DDNAME?
I'm comfortable with languages which generally put the TO before the FROM, as"
X = A + B;
The exception, predictably, is COBOL:
ADD A TO B GIVING X
I feel the designers of UNIX commands made the wrong choice.
generally putting the FROM before the TO:
cp file ... directory;
TOPS-10 did it the other way, setting me up for culture shock.
It's easier to parse and interpret on-the-fly with the target first.
-- gil
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