I know where our "love" of putting sequence numbers in columns 73-80 comes from. But the only thing that I know of that continues to really use them is IEBUPDTE. So I'm wondering if it is really worth the bother to have them anymore. Now, most here would likely say "what bother? ISPF makes it easy." True. *If* you are using the ISPF editor and keep your HLASM source code in a RECFM=FB,LRECL=80 data set. It may not be as well known here as in other fora, but I have a real liking for UNIX (and Linux). I mainly keep my source in z/OS UNIX files in specific subdirectories instead of as members in a PDS. I have also fallen in love with FLOWASM's "free format" input for HLASM. And, recently, I have gotten to liking using "git" on Linux for "change control" (it is a version control system such as CVS, Subversion, ...). So I am now often keeping a copy of my source in Linux as well. Since I can't use "git" in z/OS UNIX because I cannot find a port of it.
So, other than being "non main stream" and even "obsessively weird", is there any *technical* reason to maintain sequence numbers? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
