> On May 10, 2018, at 10:30 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ——————SNIP----------------------------------- > > Fear of indention is collateral damage of RECFM=FB,80. When Rexx first came > to TSO it came with a GIM that recommended RECFM=VB,LRECL=generous. > IBM then ignored its own advice and made SYSPROC FB,80, dragging wiser > coders down with it. > —————————————_SNIP——————————————————
This issue long predates Rexx. Someone please correct me but the first conflict came in Netview (no idea of release but it was early even then) There also may have been an issue with SPF (early version) We did not jump on that bandwagon . Memory says it was Netview though. They were the second people to come along with clists. This was in the 70’s (i think) I was caught in the middle trying to keep both. My memory also could be wrong as somewhere in this mess as IBM insisted that source had to be maintained by IEBUPDTE. Somewhere in that mess VB won out, I *vaguely* remember arguments at SHARE/GUIDE (not sure which) as what the right way to go. A memory says there were factions at SHARE and they almost got into a fight over this but it was almost 40 years ago and after drinking at Scids everybody calmed down. It is still discussed today so nobody was happy with the solution. REXX for MVS did not appear until 1992(?). I remember it was that time frame as management wanted some device support on an IPO but I knew the next IPO contained REXX so I was able to hold back and wait for REXX. Ed > -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
