Is SCRIPT a scripting language? It does have a .sy control word. -- 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 Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2024 2:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is a "scripting language"? 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. On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:37:41 -0500, Bob Bridges wrote: >By the way, I know that the meaning of "scripting" has melted quite a bit >since its original designation, but I don't use it (or "macro") about the >so-called scripting languages. ... > What was that original designation? Let me tty. A scripting language can perform useful computation only by invoking an external program. Has anyone ever performed a useful computation in JCL without using an EXEC statement? (Oops. That would be a syntax error. Perhaps I should admit an ineffective IEFBR14 step.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
