A scripting language that doesn't even let you say "If this command fails, stop" is a very stupid language, one that I'd be astonished even existed. OK, not astonished, just disappointed...
Anyone know of one? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Radoslaw Skorupka Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 5:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly To complement: MS-DOS .bat had both conditional logic (errorlevel) and loop (for) I can't remember dates, but AFAIR conditional logic was introduced with MS-DOS v6.00 and probably the loop already was there. For sure I was using the loops and conditionals on Win95. Does it qualify as MS-DOS? Actually I don't care. ;-) -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 12.11.2024 o 15:33, Rick Troth pisze: > 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
