On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:40:23 +0000, 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 and key the input dataset name in the SYSUT2
>and the output in the SYSUT1 if you're not paying attention. Yeah I know it's
>self-inflicted but that was what I thought when I saw Tom's comment. BTDT,
>felt the pain.
>
SYSUT1 and SYSUT2 are so visually similar that they invite errors.
TRSMAIN was better, using INFILE and OUTFILE. The developers
took a step in the wrong direction when AMATERSE switched to the
more error-prone SYSUT1 and SYSUT2. Just because other utilities
had the same flaw.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines." -- Emerson
-- gil
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