On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:45:43 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > >You have to be really trying to force a collision. A character >such as right bracket would be extremely unlikely in data, ... > Doesn't this depend on one's data? Wouldn't it be better if the utility provided a protocol for quoting/escaping any pattern that mimics a control sequence rather than placing the burden on the programmer to guess an "extremely unlikely" pattern and hope that "extremely unlikely" doesn't come to pass?
>> I hate JCL. > >It makes no sense to hate your tools. > Sure, it makes sense if one has learned of better techniques elsewhere. I get paid well for my meager JCL skills. The experience is nonetheless unpleasant. One can hate a shovel used to dig a trench when one knows what could be done with a backhoe. JCL is about 40 years old. The art has advanced much since then, yet IBM provides no alternative with similar capability but greater ease of use. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
