> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [External] Re: Build and submit proc > > On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:36:31 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote: > > >Thanks Rex, exactly what I was going to say. > > > >On 12/23/2020 7:40 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: > >> > >> Yeah there's a problem with it - a human problem. It's easy when in a > hurry to miss the fact they're reversed ... > >> > "reversed"? Is there a canonical order for DD statements? Perhaps > alphabetical, by DDNAME? > > I'm comfortable with languages which generally put the TO before the > FROM, as" > X = A + B; > > The exception, predictably, is COBOL: > ADD A TO B GIVING X
It is true that COBOL has this construct. I always used COMPUTE.... > > I feel the designers of UNIX commands made the wrong choice. > generally putting the FROM before the TO: > cp file ... directory; > TOPS-10 did it the other way, setting me up for culture shock. > > It's easier to parse and interpret on-the-fly with the target first. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
