Script was extensible early on, and GML was not the first extension that IBM shipped.
I once used SCRIPTW to generate a tape schedule for backups. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly External Message: Use Caution Script … I would think the control statements more clearly align with scripting than a full fledged language / runtime that is extensible. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Nov 13, 2024, at 03:17, Jack Zukt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > Would you call DFSORT a programing language? It has conditional logic, > variables, it can compute, change data... > Regards > Jack ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
