Snipped: And according to this JCL is not a programming language, correct? Well, the "L" being language is more a bit of convenient identity. It could just as easily have been JCC - Job Control Constructs, or JCS - Job Control Statements. I tend to think of a programming language as commands or instructions that act on data for some sort of manipulation. It's easy to get wrapped up in semantics like in music. Ab and G# are the same note, but it depends on if you are ascending or descending.
So, does the term programming language become vague, or precise? Is LISP a PL? Is REXX a PL? What about Algol or JOVIAL? I think it really boils down to personal experience and personal preference. Daniel McLaughlin ZOS Systems Programmer Crawford & Company PH: 770 621 3256 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you aim at nothing you will hit it every time. - Zig Ziglar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
