In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Roman V. Shaposhnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ron minnich wrote:
more useless crap from memory:
the actual correct usage is
//GO.SYSIN DD *
but of course the * would make things messy.
See this and realize this stuff is still being taught!
ron minnich wrote:
more useless crap from memory:
the actual correct usage is
//GO.SYSIN DD *
but of course the * would make things messy.
See this and realize this stuff is still being taught!
http://www.coba.unt.edu/itds/courses/bcis3690/bcis3690.ht
So... for the dense ones (like myself),
Charles Forsyth wrote:
JCL == Java Control Language?
the Job Control Language for System/360
Yeah, I kind of knew that ;-) I was trying to come
up with the best joke I could. If this is not it, I have
no clue what could be funny about JCL ;-)
bundles are implemented by here
bundles are implemented by here documents,
and the end marker for the document must not appear
in the data
vague recollection (1982), it was something like:
//SYSIN DD *
data
records
go
here
/*
Now, if I can figure out how to do the over punch on this keyboard. :)
Job control language was more like assembler with very, very simple
operations. The problem was that a lot of verby things got put into the
operands.
DD means data definition. The first symbol, SYSIN in this case, is
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Sander van Dijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know what the meaning/origin of //GO.SYSIN DD in
bundle(1) is? I've seen this on other unix-likes as well, but I
thought I'd ask here since the awareness of historical context seems
to be quite a bit above average
Charles, Rob, Greg,
Thanks for the context.
Greetings, Sander.
more useless crap from memory:
the actual correct usage is
//GO.SYSIN DD *
but of course the * would make things messy.
See this and realize this stuff is still being taught!
http://www.coba.unt.edu/itds/courses/bcis3690/bcis3690.htm
ron
Hi 9fans,
Does anyone know what the meaning/origin of //GO.SYSIN DD in
bundle(1) is? I've seen this on other unix-likes as well, but I
thought I'd ask here since the awareness of historical context seems
to be quite a bit above average on this list.
Thanks, Sander.
I first saw it used in bundling software created by James Gosling,
and liked the (relevant, I might add) joke so much I put it in the
Plan 9 version.
-rob
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