> Wow! It's rare, to say the least, for someone who doesn't already know how to > run SMP/E in batch to package a product with it.
That was I also! With all respect, John, I think IBM's logic there is a little circular. Perhaps one reason people don't tackle SMP/E package development is because the documentation for the process is, ahem, somewhat lacking. The two skill sets have little in common IMHO. Being a sysprog involves patience and suffering fools gladly. I have been a software architect and coder my entire career. I have never been a sysprog. I have never been responsible for the day-in, day-out care and feeding of an MVS system. Sure, one might come to software package development via the "I used to be a sysprog" route, but it is only one possible route, and I'm not convinced it is necessarily the most logical route. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SMP/E Tutorial Dan Kalmar wrote: > This may be a dumb question so forgive me in advance. > I'm reading the User's Guide section on adding a new FUNCTION SYSMOD: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zo > s.v2r1.gim3000/fsmod.htm > > So the MCS statements are listed, but why on earth there is no mention of the > JCL required to process the MCS input ? Wow! It's rare, to say the least, for someone who doesn't already know how to run SMP/E in batch to package a product with it. My compliments (seriously) on being willing to tackle all that at once. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
