Gil, I agree , I work VM for yrs then switched to MVS. I missed CMS and xedit, sMSG. I like Unix also, i.e.; Linux . A lot of flexibility and power
Scott On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 3:14 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:20:43 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > > >Yes. Specifically, WITH input_redir [output_redir] [error_redir] . > > > >> Pointless for CMS or TSO since the concept of standard input/standard > output is alien to each. > > > >Perhaps pointless for CMS, but the TSO stack has all of the necessary > facilities. TSO commands do not normally BSAM/QSAM or TGET/TPUT for line > mode terminal I/O, but use service routines. > > > Errrr ...: > //STEP EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 ... > > (But am I overlooking your "normally"?) > > The thing I find brilliant in UNIX design is (accidentally) implied by the > first three letters: a oneness. Things work the same in foreground and > batch. > There's no TGET versus LINEIN versus SYSTSIN versus SYSTERM versus SYSIN > versus ... > There were few enough designers that that they could reach a consensus. > > Maybe it's Brooks's fault for underrating timesharing. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
