On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 15:02:31 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: >On 6/9/2018 2:49 PM, Gerhard Adam wrote: >> Actually it is documented as well as using double ampersands for symbols >> (deferred usage) and the use of the ampersand as a part of the name. > >Citation, please... > I'm lost. Neither Ed's ply nor Adam's informs me clearly of the antecedent of "it". Does Shmuel's citation help:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:02:13 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >>Except, does support of DSN=&TMP antedate any support of symbols in JCL, >> not only by SET but also as PROC parameters? > >Yes. Bitsavers is your friend. ><http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/os/R01-08/C28-6539-4_OS_JCL_Mar67.pdf> > (See Page 23. There were *no* symbols in JCL then!) [1116 bytes of lawyer crap snipped!] -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
