Wow two John Mcs, anyway, I liked Rexx for JCL type functions being a VMer before I crossed over to the 'dark side' of the force, sorry, only kidding. I have used SETs and IF conditions in the building of our product libraries successfully. Reading through this thread I was trying to understand why you would need a IF/THEN prior to a EXEC PGM..
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > On Nov 10, 2013, at 10:20 AM, John McDowell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shmuel, > > In <[email protected]>, on > 11/09/2013 > at 12:07 PM, John McDowell <[email protected]> said: > >> With this context in mind I would be interested in hearing ideas >> about what JCL could be. > >>> Are you including allocation and disposition messages? > No, I am trying to limit the scope. It is possible that the scope may turn > out to broader than I expect but I am trying to keep the effort more > contained. > >> - Creating a new attribute (that needs to be acted on by a >> component other than the Converter/Interpreter (C/I)) is difficult > >>> It used to be, back in OS/360, but with the addition of SJF it became >>> a piece of cake. > The Scheduler JCL Facility (SJF) is very useful but it is built on top of the > preexisting C/I infrastructure, I am not looking to usurp SJF but rather the > infrastructure it rests upon. > >> - Providing new functions that are performed by the C/I (e.g. >> iteration, simple arithmetic, etc.) is possible > >>> Probably harder than you think. > Perhaps, but I am trying very hard to make it as easy as possible :-), > primarily by leveraging existing technology (e.g. REXX) and by limiting the > scope of changes to the Converter only. > > John McDowell > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
