In the JCL Ref. I read:
    Syntax: Character Sets
     Table 11. Special Characters Used in Syntax (continued)
    Character Syntactical function
    &&
    To identify a temporary data set name, for example,
    &&TEMPDS, and, to identify an in-stream or sysout data
    set name, for example, &&PAYOUT

Is that true?  My understanding has been that a single ampersand
identifies a temporary data set name, and the additional ampersand
is used to prevent symbol substitution.

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gil

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