Hear! Hear! I was thinking of a similar Friday rant but Peter's said it all.
Grow up and move on with the times. Nearly always we can look back in 5 years' time at the improvements such things have brought and wonder what all the fuss was about. An no, I don't want a list of the exceptions to this rule. Mike Wawiorko -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 Sent: 29 January 2016 00:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Modern vs Legacy [was: RE: COBOL v5] Is it Friday yet? Well, just a bit early. I remember those ISAM days all too well. Our solution to large ISAM insert jobs was "update in reverse", i.e., sort the input in descending ISAM key order and process from high to low. That was many times faster than inserting in ascending key order due to the way ISAM updated its index records. I also remember hating VSAM files because they had to be cataloged in "VSAM Catalogs". Imagine that nonsense, do they think I don't already know where I put my files? Why, they are right there on my dedicated removable 3330-II packs! Everyone knows that! Besides, what's wrong with the OS catalog we already have? Now I have to have a separate "VSAM" catalog too? Harrumph! And what is this idiot IDCAMS utility I have to use now? Isn't JCL good enough for them either? Double Harrumph! But anyway Radoslaw is right, it seems there are some who would prefer no change at all. I tend to be in the "modern" group myself. Peter This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The Barclays Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of the Barclays Group is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by the Barclays Group. Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales (registered no. 1026167). Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. Barclays Bank PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority (Financial Services Register No. 122702). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
