In <1628372020520296.wa.paulgboulderaim....@listserv.ua.edu>, on
09/09/2013
at 09:32 PM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> said:
><RHETORIC> Why does DSN(*) exist at all? </RHETORIC>
To accomodate batch applications under TSO.
>What you suggest is more like batch than interactive.
EDIT is like batch? In what way?
>It was a program which issued prompts to DD SYSTERM
I don't know what "it" is, but EDIT did *NOT* issue prompts to DD
SYSTERM. EDIT used standard TSO services for terminal I/O.
>Why isn't there an ASIS option on ALLOCATE?
Because you didn't submit a requirement with a compelling business
case. It's been several decades, so I doubt that it's that important
to you.
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Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
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