On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:00:47 -0800, Tom Brennan wrote:
>
>I'm currently trying to write up some notes for some (possible) new
>mainframers who already know unix, and this is one of my comparisons:
>
>Unix Style:
>
>cat /etc/passwd | grep ^ted013: | awk -F':' '{print $3}'
> ...
>JCL Style:
>
>//CAT EXEC PGM=CAT
> ...
> ... Then I just
>have to try and explain why it takes 16 lines of JCL to do the same
>thing as one line in unix :)
>
Then imagine their astonishment when they ask:
"OK. I'm starting to get this JCL stuff. So how do I get two
or more processes to execute concurrently, like '&' does?"
-- gil
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