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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of
Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 11:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: Build and submit proc
On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:36:31 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote:
>Thanks Rex, exactly what I was going to say.
>
>On 12/23/2020 7:40 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote:
>>
>> Yeah there's a problem with it - a human problem. It's easy when in a hurry
>> to miss the fact they're reversed ...
>>
"reversed"? Is there a canonical order for DD statements? Perhaps
alphabetical, by DDNAME?
I'm comfortable with languages which generally put the TO before the FROM, as"
X = A + B;
The exception, predictably, is COBOL:
ADD A TO B GIVING X
I feel the designers of UNIX commands made the wrong choice.
generally putting the FROM before the TO:
cp file ... directory;
TOPS-10 did it the other way, setting me up for culture shock.
It's easier to parse and interpret on-the-fly with the target first.
-- gil
Gil,
Yeah, reversed. :-) 1 normally comes before 2. If they're on the same line
I can easily take it left to right or right to left but to those of us in the
western hemisphere where we read left to right and top to bottom, our brains
are trained to go 1, 2, 3, top to bottom.
Now I'm just teasing you... You prefer the target before the source, why do
you bottom post in IBM-main? <G, D, &R>
Rex
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