Thank you Charles.
I think you will find this site has much more information.
http://start.oscar-jol.com/
And indeed, it was a language written specifically to replace JCL and
was used by some of the largest companies in the world for decades.
The JCL problem is basically unchanged after decades. Jol is an answer.
People liked it, and they could do much more than with standard JCL.
It's syntax is PL/I ish, or similar to Rexx, but the statements are
designed for allocating data sets and running programs and jobs, along
with full arithmetic expressions for examining and altering Symbolic
Variables.
Furthermore, Jol can execute programs by creating optimized JCL, or by
using Dynamic Allocation, which means that the same job can be executed
in Batch or under TSO, unchanged.
What would it take for IBM to allocate just a couple of people to make
it available as a supported product?
Clem Clarke
Charles Mills wrote:
or someone would produced an alternative by now
Not touting it -- I know nada about it, nor am I on the front lines of dealing
with production JCL -- but someone has, right? That JOL product that pops up
here from time to time.
https://sites.google.com/site/clarkecomputersoftware/oscar_jol_desc-html
Not a very encouraging Web site. I can't get the manuals to open (Chrome).
Charles
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