It's not meant to be disrespectful, and the only joke is the elves. The
rest is reality as I see it. Whether that's good or bad I guess depends
on your point of view.
On 8/30/2022 10:19 PM, kekronbekron wrote:
Although this is a joke... some respect for Sri please.
Remember that he doesn't need to share anything.
We'll be the ones looking dumb with capable tools & not knowing how to properly
use them.
- KB
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On Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 at 10:08 AM, Tom Brennan
<t...@tombrennansoftware.com> wrote:
But with DFSORT I don't need to know the syntax at all. I can post a
note here describing what I'm trying to do along with some data samples,
and like the elves who make shoes, complete JCL and SYSIN will magically
appear the next morning.
On 8/30/2022 5:02 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
The DFSORT command syntax is dreadful -- too positional. It's
hard to read ...,keyword,value,keyword,value,...
Considerably better would be ,keyword(value), or ,keyword=value,...
I suppose the design is OK to programmers versed in it, but it
repels the novice. It may be easy for a computer to parse,
but silicon is now cheaper than carbon.
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