I program that way to this day. (Lots of compiles of small changes, that is.) Never been called out on it like that, though!
________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Tom Brennan <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 11:17 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: even an old mainframer can do it Me too, but in the early 1980's. I'd run the assembler from TSO READY so I wouldn't have to wait for an initiator. My way of programming was always like starting with a ball of clay generally like what I wanted, then adding the details as I went along. That method means lots and lots of compiles. Then one day my supervisor dropped by my desk with a blue-bar listing titled, "Top 10 TSO CPU Users" and I think I was on the top. Oops. On 8/17/2021 11:35 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > Well, in the early 1990s, my system had 1-2 hour delays on compiles. > So while waiting, I wrote a clist to do the same thing. Allocate, > error handling, and deallocate of a single file took about 30 lines, > and a few iterations of debugging. So, once I had one file allocate, > I went through all the files, executed the program, and deallocated, > and proceeded with the next two steps. Got it working and would go > get a new cup of coffee while it ran instead of having to wait. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
