On 28 Mar 2007 11:47:22 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Clark Morris wrote: >> As someone who modified an exit 6 from the CBT tape that set job class >> based on job requirements to meet my shop's needs, I obviously >> disagree vehemently. Job class is a means of assigning work. If the >> job class is based on job requirements known at JCL interpretation, >> then it is better for the organization to have the system set the job >> class. That way if rules change, JCL doesn't have to change. Further, >> it is one less piece of arcanity that the applications people have to >> remember in order to do their job. > >Why do the methods have to be exclusive? It's perfectly simple >to categorize jobs lacking a CLASS, and to verify those that do.
Why verify and fail when the system can just make it what it should be this week? How is productivity helped. > > >Gerhard Postpischil >Bradford, VT > >new e-mail address: gerhardp (at) charter (dot) net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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