And I prefer (but am not consistent with) "data set" as in "a set of data". And usually I don't actually mean "a set of data". :-)
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Tony Harminc <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 18/12/2014 19:20 Subject: Re: I want to add data of 30 VSAM files to one PS flat file. Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On 18 December 2014 at 09:19, Jon Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to state that even after 30 years of MVS, I still use the term "file" when referring to mainframe datasets. In fact, if you look at the > IBM COBOL manual, you will see "File Organization", not "Dataset Organization"; PL/I refers to "FILE Attributes", etc. Sure. But in both cases the books are talking about the (loosely) File Objects that each language has. These are constructs in the languages, and they are mapped to some sort of implementation done by the operating system. In the MVS case the things mapped to are usually, but not always, datasets. This is a Good Thing; it makes the languages more easily portable if the language constructs are not tied tightly to the OS. > And I think I can safely say I have never seen a DD NULLDATASET command ;-)) I'm sure you haven't. Neither have I ever seen a DD NULLFILE command. ;-)) > Don't be too hard on people just trying to learn. Certainly. But explaining the difference, and pointing out that it is -- at least in some important contexts -- significant, is not being hard on them. Endless carping about innocent misuse of terms may be. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
