<quote> it works pretty well. </quote> Yeah, once you get past the backwards idea of executing the program before you allocate the datasets. :-)
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: JCL (was: Re: Aging Sysprogs = Aging Farmers) On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:45 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey, how do I do a loop in this code? > > Forget it kid, they didn't have rewind on punch card readers. I think much of the disdain for JCL comes from inaccurate expectations set by calling it a "language". JCL is *not a programming language*. It's not even a minimal scripting language. It's the punch-card-technology equivalent of gestures like double-clicking an app icon or selecting "open" from a file menu in a modern GUI. Yes, it's far from perfect. The condition code thing is pretty goofy (although you've been able to use IF constructs instead for over two decades) and a lot of keywords and values are pretty obscure. But for what it was actually designed to do, it works pretty well. -- Curtis Pew (c....@its.utexas.edu) ITS Systems Core The University of Texas at Austin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
