IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 05/31/2007 09:34:03 AM:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnny Luo > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:20 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > > Subject: What is 'Program Logical Manuals'? > > > > <snip> > > > I'm interested and just wonder what is 'program logic > > manual'? I know IBM > > has manuals named MVS Data Areas but they don't have diagrams. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Johnny Luo > > Those no longer exist for us. They were very good descriptions of how > things worked internally. They literally described the program logic and > algorithms. Since going "Object Code Only", IBM no longer documents how > things work for those of us on the "outside". Nor for those of us on the "inside". The Logic Manuals for OCO components continued to be maintained for a while, available only internally, with a lot of overblown security requirements. I still have a cabinet full of them in my office. But the most recent updates I have were from SP5.1.0, and they were discontinued after that. My recollection is that the costs to write, print, and distribute them was the reason for their demise. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
