I have a question to all those who don't think sequence numbers are needed.
If you don't use sequence numbers either at the beginning or end of a
record, how do you electronically update a source deck, be it JCL, COBOL,
assember, a macro, or whatever? I don't think the DIFF command is the
answer. What does Microsoft use, or do they always just totally replace
source?
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer
Milwaukee Wisconsin
414-475-7434
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/30/2006
at 01:12 PM, john gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
The triviality of this issue is, however, convenient in one way. It
provides an occasion for noting that clinging to a piece of obsolete
technology that we know and love, a high resolve to go on using it
until it is pried from our lifeless fingers, is dysfunctional.
Your analysis is flawed by the invalid assumption that those defending
sequence numbers love them. I have, in my career, always strived to be
an early adopter of new technology, and have eagerly dropped old
technology WHEN IT CEASED TO PROVIDE ME WITH VALUE. I have not,
however, been willing to drop old technology that was still useful
simply because it was old and out of style.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
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