WFL, Work Flow Language, actually. I had a very brief association with an employer's Burroughs 6500 long ago, and at the same time I actually wrote a term paper for an Operating Systems Survey course I was taking that compared WFL, MVS JCL and CDC6600 Control Language.
WFL was the clear winner by a huge margin. Thanks for the lovely memory. I really enjoyed researching and writing that paper. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 3:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Burroughs WFM vs. z/OS JCl and VSE JCL wasRe: REXX as JCL replacement [Default] On 9 Jul 2018 11:14:20 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main edja...@phoenixsoftware.com (Ed Jaffe) wrote: >On 7/9/2018 8:09 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> 1. I don't recall anybody on IBM-MAIN claims that JCL is good. > >Even Fred Brooks (who led the IBM team that invented JCL) calls it "the >worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any >purpose..." How would the WFM (Work Flow Manager IIRC) for the Burroughs B500 and successor compare with IBM z/OS JCL and with VSE JCL. How does z/OS JCL compare with VSE JCL? My memories of DOS360 JCL probably are irrelevant. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
