On 24 Jun 2010 11:09:39 -0700, mark.jac...@custserv.com (Mark Jacobs) wrote:
>On 06/24/10 13:59, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >> Now that we've been on z/OS for a few weeks I feel to need to ask a question >> that has annoyed me since I started working on z/OS two years ago. Instream >> datasets are good. Why are they not supported inside of procs? Is there a >> technical reason, or is it just "because"? We use procs for almost all of >> our production jobs, with many steps that could take advantage of instream >> datasets if not for this restriction. >> >> Thanks, >> Frank >> >> > >My WAG would be a combination of the two. There might have been a good >technical reason why not and to change the rules 40+ years after the >fact might break working processes in unexpected ways. Besides "anything can break if it is touched", I'm not thinking of how his proposed change would break existing procs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
