On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:28:24 +0000, Sri h Kolusu wrote: >>> I usually keep my bigoted mouth shut in threads like this, but guys, why >>> DFSORT? That's great for the simple stuff, but REXX is so much easier and >>> you don't have to sweat over more and more and yet more inventive solutions. > >Bob, > >Rexx is a handy tool, but it performs poorly against huge volumes of data. > Little argument other than the economic balance between silicon and carbon, counting learning in the latter. How much data?
>Moreover you need to have the Data SORTED before you can calculate the deltas >and you need to invoke SORT or have a separate step to sort the data, as you >cannot load the entire file into a stem. > ??? How about: address syscall pipe P. call BPXWDYN "alloc dd(SORTOUT) path('/dev/fd/"P.2"') ..." ... address LINKMVS DFSORT ... /* Use LINEIN() to read from P.1 -- no stem; no separate step. */ >If you are sorting the data using SORT, why not calculate the delta there >itself? > " ... everything looks like a nail." (Yes, to Bob and me also.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN