What about loops or recursion? -- 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 Jack Zukt <0000059cd493dd41-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly External Message: Use Caution Hi Would you call DFSORT a programing language? It has conditional logic, variables, it can compute, change data... Regards Jack On Mon, Nov 11, 2024, 00:16 Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
