Script was extensible early on, and GML was not the first extension that IBM shipped.
I once used SCRIPTW to generate a tape schedule for backups. -- 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 Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: What is a "programming language"? Was:: Modifying JCL on the fly External Message: Use Caution Script … I would think the control statements more clearly align with scripting than a full fledged language / runtime that is extensible. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Nov 13, 2024, at 03:17, Jack Zukt > <0000059cd493dd41-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Hi > Would you call DFSORT a programing language? It has conditional logic, > variables, it can compute, change data... > Regards > Jack ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
