> What I'm aiming at is to rewrite my CBT distributed UNIX HLASM programs as C > programs instead. > Although I don't really know why I should. Just another of my oddities, I > guess. [...] I doubt there > are many z/OS people who like playing on the UNIX command line instead of in > ISPF.
Count me in! I use emacs in USS (yes, it exists for z/OS - see http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/features/unix/bpxa1ty1.html), and I find that it enables me to be much more productive than I am with ISPF. I was fluent with ISPF back in the 80's, but many years of living in Unixland has perverted me. :-) But you're right - we're probably a tiny minority. And I'm mostly working with data in the Unix file system, not z/OS datasets, which colors my perspective. As to rewriting HLASM code in C - if you mostly just groveling through control blocks and using non-authorized services, why not? It'll make the code more accessible by others, in many cases it's just as efficient, and - it's fun! -- Jerry Callen Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
