On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Jack J. Woehr <[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> You mean, just about the "Untested" part, right? >> > JCL and utility names are deep voodoo to the Unix programmer; makefile > syntax, shell redirection and regular expresssions are deep voodoo to the > MVS programmer :) > > Though I've recently made a bit of progress with JCL and MVS. It's all > very amusing stuff. > > I don't know who came up with JCL (I was going to say "designed", but decided that word just didn't fit). I used another batch system: Xerox Sigma 7 with BPM (Batch Processing Monitor?). It's control language was _simple_. Of course, for the BASH fans out there, BASH has some very "hairy" things that can be done with it. Such as "process substitution". -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
