On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 19:10:16 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: >So, in a sense, instead of pipes, the programs could be modified so >that instead of outputting a record, call the next program passing the >record as input. > No. Rather than requiring every utility to be modified in order to use the capability, it should be provided at the access method level or lower, transparent, so the top programs are oblivious to it.
And there should be provision for inserting filters between a producer and a consumer to convert incompatible data formats. And ... what am I thinking? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
