On Mon, 9 May 2016 19:23:20 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >I will take a contrary due here. >I never did trust SMPE with DDDEFS I always coded the JCL and I always know >what libraries were being used/updated. Its too easy to make mistakes with >DDEF’s (IMO). JCL is easy and straight forward in my opinion. Especially when >you have too many fingers in the pipes (i.e. trainee’s but I have seen seniors >screw up as well. > With DDEEFS there's one chance to screw up: when you define the zones. With JCL there's a chance to screw up with every job you submit.
That said, there are some things such as SMPPTFIN that may better be left to JCL than to DDDEFs. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
