Desk checking should still be required However, life is easier if you have decent tools, e.g., syntax directed editors, configuration control software.
Just because somebody hideously misuses Python doesn't make Python bad or useless. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Clifford McNeill [sy...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 8:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: even an old mainframer can do it I miss socializing in the line to use the keypunch. Compiles were fill-in type work that involved operators reading in the card deck, so very controlled and very occasional. Desk checking was required. Cliff McNeill ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 12:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: even an old mainframer can do it Me too, but in the early 1980's. I'd run the assembler from TSO READY so I wouldn't have to wait for an initiator. My way of programming was always like starting with a ball of clay generally like what I wanted, then adding the details as I went along. That method means lots and lots of compiles. Then one day my supervisor dropped by my desk with a blue-bar listing titled, "Top 10 TSO CPU Users" and I think I was on the top. Oops. On 8/17/2021 11:35 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > Well, in the early 1990s, my system had 1-2 hour delays on compiles. > So while waiting, I wrote a clist to do the same thing. Allocate, > error handling, and deallocate of a single file took about 30 lines, > and a few iterations of debugging. So, once I had one file allocate, > I went through all the files, executed the program, and deallocated, > and proceeded with the next two steps. Got it working and would go > get a new cup of coffee while it ran instead of having to wait. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
