Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Pommier, Rex [rpomm...@sfgmembers.com] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please Sorry, I'm going to "rag" on a language... :-) Admittedly I know ne

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Seymour J Metz
] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 5:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please Steve, no, no, no, no. I'm not bashing Rexx or CLISTS or JCL. I'm trying to do just the opposite. Another poster (read:Michael) was (I'm presuming tongue-in-cheek

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Bob Bridges
Right, I forgot about that. Gotta give you that one. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* I think what happens to toddlers is that they suddenly realize their parents have essentially been lying to them their whole lives. We represent the world as this wonderful place

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 5:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please JCL COND is similar to an assembler branch, skip if true. On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM Pommier, Rex wrote: > > That's why I said

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Mike Schwab
s true > you're through"?) was a REALLY primitive if/then construct. > > Rex > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of > Bob Bridges > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: S

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
sion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please Chiming in here because of the overwhelming popular demand for my unsolicited opinions: I ~mostly~ agree with your definition of "prog

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 4:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please Ok, I'll ask: What ~is~ JOL? Never heard of it. I'm repeatedly surprised at the number of mainframers who never l

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Bob Bridges
Ok, I'll ask: What ~is~ JOL? Never heard of it. I'm repeatedly surprised at the number of mainframers who never learned JCL past the ability to modify a job by replacing a DSN or two. Yet somehow they manage to function, sometimes by asking someone else to help fix their JCL. A new

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please I fine it interesting that a person by the name of Rex is bashing CLIST. Yep And yes, I do write JCL from scratch (answer the next post) because I right now, I'm working on migration code and need examples of certain constructs so I can make

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please

2023-03-27 Thread Pommier, Rex
ssion List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 3:13 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stop the ragging on COBOL please https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jol.oscar-jol.com/about-jol__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!vGAo09RS