And according to this JCL is not a programming language, correct? Oh, someone asked what the L in JCL is for. I think, "language" but not programming language?
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john gilmore Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What's a programming language Perlis's three-pronged formulation: A programming language provides mechanisms for o identifying a data type or data types, o specifying operations on them, and o speciifying a path or paths of control among these operations, has not been improved upon in, now, forty odd years; and it seems unlikely that it will be possible to replace it with a more perspicuous formulation anytime soon. On Perlis's formulation LISP is a programming language. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA ma.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
