Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-16 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/13/2006 at 06:37 PM, Gregory, Gary G [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What about DUMP? Back in the 80's I was attending an XA introduction class and the IBM'er teaching the class stated it was an acronym that stood for: Display User Memory Program He was shining you

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-16 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/13/2006 at 08:40 AM, Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I know that's what IBM says it meant. I don't believe them, It's what was in the documentation in 1960. I never saw or heard a suggestion that it was a retronym. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-16 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/13/2006 at 05:42 PM, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: FASTRAN II, ITYM FASTRAND. Ironically, despite the name it was the slow[1] drum, the fast one being the Flying Head drum. [1] Moving heads instead of head per track. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-14 Thread J R
of it as an acronym or were we merely using the English noun/verb with the same connotation. From: Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:07:08 +0100 Howard I seem

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-14 Thread Howard Brazee
On 13 Dec 2006 21:08:08 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Mason) wrote: That being said, only the gray beards in the list are going to be authorities on this one - of course, you could be one. My beard is still a bit gray - but is close to white.

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-14 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL CoBOL doesn't fit the standard acronym My memory is failing me on this one. I thought it was: Common Oriented Business Operating Language So, you're saying: COmmon Business Operating

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-14 Thread Greg Shirey
Since this thread hasn't drifted far enough off-topic, I'll just point out that, according to wikipedia, SPOOL is a backronym. (or bacronym) A backronym is created when one constructs a phrase that has, as its acronym, an existing short word. There are both official and generally serious, as

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-14 Thread Patrick . Falcone
08:40 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) From: Chris Mason I seem to remember SPOOL meant Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line I think we all acknowledge that SPOOL

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 11/29/2006 at 02:11 PM, Howard Brazee said: Don't use acronyms at all. Make up a new word (is CICS still an acronym (or has it gone the way LASER went)? Was SPOOL *ever* an acronym?) Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz,

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Howard Brazee
On 13 Dec 2006 04:56:41 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) wrote: Don't use acronyms at all. Make up a new word (is CICS still an acronym (or has it gone the way LASER went)? Was SPOOL *ever* an acronym?) Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. I know that's what IBM

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. I know that's what IBM says it meant. I don't believe them, I think SPOOL always meant spool. I don't know about that. The first time I heard it was in the mid-1970's (in University) and I was told, then, that was what it stood for. If it were to be

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Howard Brazee
On 13 Dec 2006 13:24:33 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: I know that's what IBM says it meant. I don't believe them, I think SPOOL always meant spool. I don't know about that. The first time I heard it was in the mid-1970's (in University) and I was told, then, that was what it

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Ted MacNEIL
CoBOL doesn't fit the standard acronym My memory is failing me on this one. I thought it was: Common Oriented Business Operating Language So, you're saying: COmmon Business Operating Language ? When in doubt. PANIC!!

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Kirk Talman
First time I heard it was at Case Institute of Technology in 1963-4 in reference to the Univac 1107. Don't remember seeing its meaning specified, but datacenter users knew what it meant. Spool device was a drum which internally looked like a spool. IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) Now COBOL

2006-12-13 Thread Alan C. Field
Neither: COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) CoBOL doesn't fit the standard acronym My memory is failing me on this one. I thought it was: Common Oriented Business Operating Language So, you're saying: COmmon Business Operating Language

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Kirk Talman
COmmon Business Oriented Language IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 12/13/2006 05:03:22 PM: I thought it was: Common Oriented Business Operating Language So, you're saying: COmmon Business Operating Language - The

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 12/13/2006 4:03:51 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: specified, but datacenter users knew what it meant. Spool device was a drum which internally looked like a spool. FASTRAN II, over 4000lbs. Some folks found the crumple zone in their raised

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. I know that's what IBM says

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Gregory, Gary G
What about DUMP? Back in the 80's I was attending an XA introduction class and the IBM'er teaching the class stated it was an acronym that stood for: Display User Memory Program Maybe something else left over from the System/360 days, who knows? :-) Regards, Gary Garland Gregory, MS

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-12-13 Thread Chris Mason
, you could be one. Chris Mason - Original Message - From: Howard Brazee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, 13 December, 2006 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) On 13 Dec 2006 04:56:41 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-30 Thread J R
Was SPOOL *ever* an acronym? Evidently, you and Ted were the only ones not to see the rhetorical nature of that question. From: Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-30 Thread Howard Brazee
On 29 Nov 2006 13:37:33 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur T.) wrote: In 1989 a well-known hacker was asked what the biggest problem of computing in the 1990s would be. He replied, There are only 17,000 three letter acronyms. As long as we don't demand uniqueness, the number is unlimited.

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL) snip When will COBOL and PL/I support DFP? --gil Oh, please

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread john gilmore
I'm afraid that there is no getting away from DFP and a designation of Decimal FP. It is already used heavily in the preliminary architecture document, SA23-2232-00; and parallelism with HFP (hexadecimal FP) and BFP (Binary FP) make it inescapable. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread Howard Brazee
On 29 Nov 2006 10:53:47 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: Oh, please, don't use DFP for this new facility. DFP means Data Facility Product. We don't want to start up the Acronym Wars again, do we? grin. Don't use acronyms at all. Make up a new word (is CICS still an acronym (or

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:11:10 -0700, Howard Brazee wrote: Was SPOOL *ever* an acronym?) Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line -- Tom Marchant -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Was SPOOL *ever* an acronym? Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. Back when Online was two words. When in doubt. PANIC!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread (IBM Mainframe Discussion List)
In a message dated 11/29/2006 3:29:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, e a macneil writes: Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line. Back when Online was two words. Now it is not only two words but also it has been verbed; e.g., The operator onlined the volume. I read this splendid sentence

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-29 Thread Arthur T.
On 29 Nov 2006 10:53:47 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) wrote: Oh, please, don't use DFP for this new facility. DFP means Data Facility Product. We don't want to start up the Acronym Wars again, do we? grin. In 1989 a

Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-28 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 01:26:20 +, john gilmore wrote: In the end pandering to clots, however compelling the arguments of the marketing VP for doing so may seem to be, is always ill-advised. In celebration of the unveiling of Decimal Floating Point, I'll return to this, which I've been

Re: Decimal FP (was: vendor JCL)

2006-11-28 Thread Birger Heede
I think Mike's writeup is a very good intro: http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/ Birger Heede IBM, GBS Denmark Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 01:26:20 +, john gilmore wrote: In the end pandering to clots, however compelling the arguments of the marketing VP for doing so may

Will there be HOLDDATA for ACCEPTED sysmods was Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-14 Thread Clark F Morris
On 13 Aug 2006 15:51:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: At 01:57 -0400 on 08/12/2006, Arthur T. wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): On 11 Aug 2006 21:02:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg

SMP/E RESTORE Wish (was: Vendor JCL)

2006-08-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Arthur T. said: Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:57:34 -0400 On 11 Aug 2006 21:02:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) wrote: If I do the RESTORE the current way and back off 10 SYSMODS only to do

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-13 Thread Rick Fochtman
Been There, Done That, Got The . . . Subsystem? Starship? Solid State? Schutzstaffeln? g Jon snip BTDTGTSS /snip Been There, Done That, Got T-Shirt Scars --- [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses by the YourNet Connection Virus system] [For more information, please go to

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-13 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 01:57 -0400 on 08/12/2006, Arthur T. wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): On 11 Aug 2006 21:02:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) wrote: If I do the RESTORE the current way and back off 10

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-12 Thread Arthur T.
On 11 Aug 2006 21:02:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main (Message-ID:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) wrote: If I do the RESTORE the current way and back off 10 SYSMODS only to do the APPLY and apply 9 of them, why is this safer/more correct than just doing a forward

Re: SMPE packaging was Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin [ snip ] Flexibility is not always a virtue: did you ever try to sit on a very flexible chair? (Heard from Bill Waite; origin uncertain) Indeed. Instead of a tightrope, erect a bungee

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Fochtman
---snip- That is until you have to RESTORE a SYSMOD at while point SMP/E causes you to do lots of useless work. The intent of a RESTORE is to create a system as if that SYSMOD (and possibly SYSMODs that PRE it) had not yet been APPLYed. The CORRECT

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Jon Brock
Been There, Done That, Got The . . . Subsystem? Starship? Solid State? Schutzstaffeln? g Jon snip BTDTGTSS /snip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 10:36 -0500 on 08/11/2006, Rick Fochtman wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): ---snip- That is until you have to RESTORE a SYSMOD at while point SMP/E causes you to do lots of useless work. The intent of a RESTORE

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-11 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 14:38 -0500 on 08/10/2006, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:09:16 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 18:08 -0500 on 08/09/2006, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): I

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Daniel A. McLaughlin
SNIPPETS -I- am not telling you anything of the sort. I am telling you that customers who write big checks for enterprise software products have made enough fuss about this issue that pretty much all of the vendors provide gooberware to assist with installation and configuration of their

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Ed Gould
Chris, I have made issues to management about the installability and maintainability of vendor products. I have also told management that they should turn down a product because of these issues. More than a few times management followed my recommendations. I do not want to get into a vendor X or

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craddock, Chris Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:49 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ) snip It is all very well to say you don't like

SMPE packaging was Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Clark F Morris
On 9 Aug 2006 20:49:25 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: I guess that means that you think they can't install MVS. In all the years I've been in this business, people have been telling me that this group or that is full if idiots. People who were incapable of learning, or worse,

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:09:16 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 18:08 -0500 on 08/09/2006, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): I can assure you that many vendors produce inferior SMP/E. SMP/E is a powerful tool, and when the SYSMODs

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 23:49:07 -0400, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... So you say. On the other hand, you could apply the same reasoning to vendor employees that you did to your own peers. They are just trying to do the best job they can for their customers. That's not all good or all

Re: SMPE packaging was Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Clark F Morris said: Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:03:52 -0300 Here I agree with the management that wants something simpler than SMP/E for installation. I also believe that the overall design needs a revisit given the following: 1. A RESTORE can be painful if it

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-09 Thread Shane Ginnane
In the end pandering to clots, however compelling the arguments of the marketing VP for doing so may seem to be, is always ill-advised. Thank you John - I might just get a laminated copy of that put up on the wall next to the (still sealed) envelope from SAS that states NO, you can't. Shane

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-09 Thread Jon Brock
snip . . . pandering to clots . . . /snip I think I may have found the title to my next best-selling marketing how-to book. Jon -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-09 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jon Brock snip . . . pandering to clots . . . /snip I think I may have found the title to my next best-selling marketing how-to book. Careful Somebody might hold a software patent on that process

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/08/2006 at 11:41 AM, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'd hope so too, but some vendors consistently do it wrong. Back in the 1980's the JES2 folks also did it consistently wrong. Now there's a statement that I think is a bit out there. How about rewording

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/08/2006 at 08:25 PM, Clark F Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Could people comment on the other IBM maintenance methodologies, the ones for VM, VSE, AIX and OS400 and how they compare to SMP/E? I don't know how SESS-pool compares to SMP/E, but the CMS UPDATE facility

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-09 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:41:27 -0400, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I can't speak for all vendors, but trust me the reason is NOT because the vendors don't know how to package SMP/E deliverables. There is (at least in the ones I have dealt with) a full SMP/E install under those

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-09 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:41:27 -0400, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... front ends to SMP/E, to cover up for the fact that the vendor doesn't have a clue how to create proper SYSMODs. Let alone HOLDDATA. I can't speak for all vendors, but trust me the reason is NOT because the

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-09 Thread Craddock, Chris
I guess that means that you think they can't install MVS. In all the years I've been in this business, people have been telling me that this group or that is full if idiots. People who were incapable of learning, or worse, that anything that they might learn will only make them screw things

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-09 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 18:08 -0500 on 08/09/2006, Tom Marchant wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): I can assure you that many vendors produce inferior SMP/E. SMP/E is a powerful tool, and when the SYSMODs are coded correctly, it makes installing and maintaining a system easy

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Bob Shannon
And what's the best way to put a private library dynamically in one's SYSEXEC concatenation? Would that be LIBDEF? ALTLIB. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 23:28:32 -0600, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could this be automated? In, e.g., Mark's putative CHGIT macro, to 'X' all lines containing '//*' before doing the CHANGE ALL X? I know; I need to RTFM. But I'd be grateful for a pointer to a command name. x all //* 1

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:28:40 -0600, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may take a little longer, but I don't mind going into each member and doing an ISPF CHANGE ALL command for tape_unt and vend_hlq to whatever I need. If I know I will do a lot of this At least two contributors to

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 18:37:26 -0500, Tom Marchant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still, it would be nice if the vendors would use set symbols and include a member in all the jobs so that the symbols could be set in one place. What would you do for SYSIN? Typically install jobs contain (at a minimum)

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ) On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 18:37:26 -0500, Tom Marchant

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 8:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ) snip Of course, I am not a developer, so I may well

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Tom Marchant said: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:11:09 -0500 x all //* 1 3 Thanks. And now a little mystery. The test macro: /* Rexx */ signal on novalue; /* */ trace R address 'ISREDIT' 'MACRO (EARGS)' /* Make no changes in comments. */ 'EXCLUDE //* ALL 1 3' exit(

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:03:24 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then the idea that ISVs don't know SMP/E is a bit out there -- well I'd hope that ISVs know SMP/E. I'd hope so too, but some vendors consistently do it wrong. Some examples: Providing PTFs without proper

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:42 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ) On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:03:24 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 13:36:25 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So there are lots of things that vendors have to take into consideration, and the biggest one today are the Sr. Systems Programmers who don't know what a USERMOD is or a JES exit. Now there's a statement that I

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Schmidt
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:41:44 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:03:24 -0400, Thompson, Steve (SCI TW) wrote: And then the idea that ISVs don't know SMP/E is a bit out there -- well I'd hope that ISVs know SMP/E. I'd hope so too, but some vendors consistently do it wrong. Some

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:47:16 -0500, Tom Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Providing PTFs without proper PREs Providing PTFs that don't SUP when they should Routinely asking a customer to use BYPASS ID PTF A has a PRE on FMID B, but FMID B has a SUP on PTF A Failure to provide UCLIN to create

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Craddock, Chris
To be honest, I dislike all those autocust things. I never found that it made the install any easier. Same with the rest of them. Mostly front ends to SMP/E, to cover up for the fact that the vendor doesn't have a clue how to create proper SYSMODs. Let alone HOLDDATA. I can't speak for

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-08 Thread Clark F Morris
On 8 Aug 2006 15:41:36 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: To be honest, I dislike all those autocust things. I never found that it made the install any easier. Same with the rest of them. Mostly front ends to SMP/E, to cover up for the fact that the vendor doesn't have a clue how

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-08 Thread john gilmore
Chris Craddock writes: . . .The autocurse installers exist because a significant number of customers ask (demand!) them. The ibm-main audience is not necessarily typical because there are a lot of customers who can't spell SMP/E let alone configure high end software products. CC and he

Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Ted MacNEIL said: Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:50:55 + Ok. Ed doesn't get to vote. I'm a customer (but not of Ed's products) so I get to vote, and I vote for mixed case JCL. If it could be submitted successfuly, I would vote for it, too. But, as long as it

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ) snip And, here I'm a little uneasy that if we instruct

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-07 Thread john gilmore
Paul Gilmartin writes: And, here I'm a little uneasy that if we instruct our customers to CHANGE 'VENDOR.PREFIX' 'USER.PREFIX' ALL etc., _if_desired_, that the editing may have the effect of making unintended changes elswhere in the files that by happenstance match the pattern. This is a

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Craddock, Chris
Since ISPF is basically a given for every installation, I don't know why a vendor couldn't just use standard ISPF file tailoring. Again, put the JCL in a second PDS with the same name as the original PDS. Let the user submit it then and their or later. Be careful what you wish for. That BMC

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Thompson, Steve (SCI TW)
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craddock, Chris Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 4:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ) snip Be careful what you wish for. That BMC thingie you're

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(cross-posting, and setting Reply-to: ASM370) In a recent note, john gilmore said: Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 21:06:27 + Paul Gilmartin writes: I'd be delighted to be able to supply an INCLUDE member with all the strings we invite customers to change provided as JCL

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Mark Zelden
Affectionately known as autocurst To be honest, I dislike all those autocust things. Going way back to CA-Activator. Some work better and are easier to use than others, but I always want to review my JCL and save it in some sort of install library anyway (usually with names like #INST01,

Re: vendor JCL

2006-08-07 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Gilmartin wrote: What must I do to process general input text with the assembler? must I do my own lexical analysis, character by character? There are HLASM macro functions now for quoting, dequoting, searching, doing case-insensitive compares, etc. I use them all the time! --

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Mark Zelden said: Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:54:03 -0500 It may take a little longer, but I don't mind going into each member and doing an ISPF CHANGE ALL command for tape_unt and vend_hlq to whatever I need. If I know I will do a lot of this At least two

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:54:03 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Affectionately known as autocurst To be honest, I dislike all those autocust things. Going way back to CA-Activator. Some work better and are easier to use than others, but I always want to review my JCL and save it in

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:54:03 -0500, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Affectionately known as autocurst To be honest, I dislike all those autocust things. Going way back to CA-Activator. Some work better and are easier to use than others, but I always want to review my JCL and save it in

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 16:54 -0500 on 08/07/2006, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mark_Zelden?= wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): It may take a little longer, but I don't mind going into each member and doing an ISPF CHANGE ALL command for tape_unt and vend_hlq to whatever I need. The problem

Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... )

2006-08-07 Thread Paul Gilmartin
In a recent note, Robert A. Rosenberg said: Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:21:06 -0400 At 16:54 -0500 on 08/07/2006, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mark_Zelden?= wrote about Re: Vendor JCL (was: WHY IS JCL ALLERGIC ... ): It may take a little longer, but I don't mind going into each member and doing