Turing complete? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2024 7:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly Caution: This email did not originate from George Mason’s mail system. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Radoslaw Skorupka wrote, in part: >Short answer: NO WAY. >However you can use some *programming* language for that, including REXX. >Simple explanation: >JCL is *not* a programming language. >JCL "piece of code" is called job, not program. First, I'm not disagreeing with you here. But this does make me wonder one more time, as I have in the past: "Just what IS required for something to be a 'programming language'"? Does it have to have loops? Variables? A compiler (I'd say "no, or various scripting languages might not qualify", and I don't think anyone would buy that)? Does HTML qualify? It has the L-word but that doesn't prove anything. Etc. I know people who think JCL does count. Can we prove them right or wrong by some objective definition? Thoughts? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
