Don Leahy wrote:
>ISPF forces you to remember a *lot* of data set names.
You can set up personal dataset lists, or write a front end to the
editor,
or...
The point is, you are not 'forced' to do anything.
I have written many applications, myself, for ISPF, and, I see no need
for
SPIFFY (or SIMPLIST -- especially since that one may have keys), a lot of
it is too easy to justify the cost of the product, especially with the
mainframe issues of today.
With all due respect, you are thinking like a systems programmer. Think of
the great unwashed masses of other ISPF users who just want to *use* ISPF.
I agree with Don on this. No need to reinvent the wheel
and re-develop tools if the cost of the tools is less
than the cost of your doing it [again] yourself.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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