And if you follow the link to http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-jcl-6.html
you will see JCL as one of the 1015 ways to generate lyrics to a notorious song. The point would be to note that JCL is the fish wrapper, not the fish. It could in today's terms be called a portal, an access point to the world of executables, including all the "utilities" which can, as in this example, handle the tasks not natively found in JCL. IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 10/10/2006 12:26:06 AM: > I haven't been paying close attention to this thread, sorry. Did anyone > look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language? ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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