Exactly, I'm not against improvements; I'm against improvements for the sake of a bullet point.
Also, before more folks dial in about the line count... more lines are fine, as long as it's still legible etc. In this case, it's all over the place. - KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 at 12:33 PM, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote: > There has to be some happy medium between the rigidity of JCL and the > flexibility of scripting languages. This is not that. > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of > kekronbekron 000002dee3fcae33-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu > > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 9:59 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: even an old mainframer can do it > > Objectively, this has got to be madness. > > Just look at the JCL that's being shoved into a horrid, horrid Python program. > > ~200 lines to replace 18 lines of JCL. > > Oh.. and that's leaving aside the condescending tone about 'the old > mainframer'. > > Whether a person wants to learn something or not (therefore choosing their > path) is up to them. > > They don't need to be harassed/shamed about it. > > Just because there were some people on mainframe forums consistently > harassing everyone with "check with your site's system programmer / RTFM / > etc.", it doesn't mean the woke folk need to return the favour by being > passive aggressive or insulting senior sysprogs for not wearing neon shorts > or whatever. > > If this is being paraded as simplification, now the mainframe is truly doomed. > > https://medium.com/theropod/the-journey-from-jcl-to-python-so-easy-even-an-old-mainframer-can-do-it-f088cc49366a > > - KB > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
