Yes, but was that there originally or added later? -- 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 Rick Troth <0000058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 9:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: 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. MS-DOS batch does have conditional logic. I was going to chime in that a "programming language" must have at least that: conditional logic. Phil initially asked if looping is required, but conditional logic along with branching quickly gives us looping. IT MAY BE that to qualify as a "scripting language" does not require conditional logic. Until this thought, I would have considered any scripting language to also be a "programming language". As it is, all scripting languages that I know of (including CLIST) are also programming languages. -- R; <>< On 11/11/24 2:13 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: > I don't remember either, but I do remember that Relay had "Beyond .bat", a > .bat-like language that did a lot more, used for Relay/Gold emulator > scripting. That suggests that it was pretty weak. Doesn't mean anything you > said isn't right, of course. (And I'm NOT sorry that I don't remember those > details--best forgotten!) > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Seymour J Metz > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2024 2:11 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly > > My recollection is that BAT had conditional logic since the original PC-DOS; > I don't recall what it was like in CP/M. CLIST, OTOH, became a programming > language in OS/VS3 3.8, as I recall. I may check bitsavers on that last. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
