Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix

2023-08-18 Thread Matt Hogstrom
taste and workflows. I hope this helps at least in providing a pointer or two. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It ma

Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix

2023-08-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Gratz. We’ve all been there Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Aug 20, 2023, at 12:35, Tom Longfellow > <03e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > changing the \\ to \ in only one system is unacceptable to me. Even if it > works, I would not use

Re: GAO recommends upgrades at IRS, Dept Defense Logistics

2023-08-29 Thread Matt Hogstrom
-Capabilities-to-Accelerate-Mainframe-Application-Modernization Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Aug 29, 2023, at 11:53 AM, Rick Troth wrote: > > "Nor is the watchdog happy about the tax agency’s continued use of COBOL, > which t

Re: With regrets, after many years I will no longer be following IBM-MAIN

2023-08-30 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks for the link Lionel. I recall seeing this before but didn’t follow through. Now if I can only figure out Discord’s bizarre account architecture (I seem to have an old account I can’t link) Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough

Re: Is the IBM Assembler List still alive

2023-09-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Assembler is only relevant to the Runtime Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 3, 2023, at 13:26, Paul Gilmartin > <042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > How important are Assembler skills for a Linux for zSeries applications > programmer? > A

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Apart from the poor formatting I’ll share that ChatGPT does a poor job at assembler. Largely, I think, due to the lack of samples. If you look for Python, Node or other code examples it does an amazing job (although not perfect). I wouldn’t “blame” ChatGPT inasmuch as I’d understand that AI is n

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
My take is that Assembler is just a language and honestly I don’t think its all that hard to learn. What it does require is more understanding of the OS and the ability to setup for calls to other services. The higher languages simply obscure, or encapsulate, those low level services. I use Meta

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
FWIW, I’ve known Ray for as long as I’ve been programming in Assembler. Ray is the man. > > > > You guys know who Ray Mullins is right? > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > -- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arc

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
that bad actors will use the tech for their purposes. Its no different than cars, chainsaw or firearms. People can use them for good or not. It’s no the tech; it’s the people. Yes, it sucks at writing HLASM for the reasons you outlined. Not enough examples or context out there. Matt

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Yup. Context is King. People talk about languages like Java, etc. The real question in my opinion is what Runtime? CICS, IMS, WebSphere, … Language is only part of the equation; where it runs is the key. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 5, 2023, at 10:58, Tom Brennan wr

Re: Simple request from chatGPT to write assembler program.

2023-09-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
v.ua.edu> which seems to be Bill’s address. My inbox is cleaner except for the responses to him. He always could deregister and re-register but then his intentions to disrupt would be obvious. Bill, you were entertaining and now I’m just embarrassed for you. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cogniti

Re: Is the IBM Assembler List still alive - Dumps - Early days

2023-09-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 7, 2023, at 15:41, Bob Bridges wrote: > > We used to use ROSCOE at a small shop in the 80’s because it used less > resources. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / ar

Re: Ray Mullins on Assembler demand.

2023-09-08 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Exactly Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 8, 2023, at 13:40, Steve Thompson wrote: > > Imagine doing this for going from DOS/V* to MVS* for ALC to VS-COBOL (or > later). (Done that too) > > So noobies, some of this old stuff we talk about may have you learn some

VSAM RRDS v EXCP

2023-09-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
time. Not all records but oldest falling off as we reference the current ones. Suggesitons / tradeoffs of RRDS v alternatives. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Free SMPE product to just practice

2023-09-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ZoweHttps://zowe.org They offer a pax and an smp/e install Not sure if they pswis or not Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 14, 2023, at 15:36, Jake Anderson wrote: > > Hello > > Good morning > > Is there any freeware product which can be installed using SMP

Re: Free SMPE product to just practice

2023-09-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
My misread your question I read it as freeware packaged in smp/e format Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 14, 2023, at 15:36, Jake Anderson wrote: > > Hello > > Good morning > > Is there any freeware product which can be installed using SMP/e. > > A

Re: z/OSMF and Zowe

2023-09-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
://openmainframeproject.slack.com/archives/CBVJGPWHX Zowe, last I saw, ships an SMP/E install as well as a “convenience” build that is basically a pax file. Given that Zowe basically updates on a frequent basis the update is basically replacing the core software so pax is far easier. Matt Hogstrom From Lord of the Rings

Re: z/OSMF and Zowe

2023-09-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
production for the most part. In our world, outages come with post-mortems. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Sep 20, 2023, at 3:12 AM, Robin Atwood wrote: > > Thanks, Brian and Matt. Perhaps the fact that you can get Zowe directly fr

Re: Israel

2023-10-09 Thread Matt Hogstrom
fighting style. I’m curious, is that standard training for hand to hand in the IDF ? Prayers for Israel as you all work through the aftermath. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org <mailto:m...@hogstrom.org> Perfer et obdura: dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Be patient and endure: some day, this pai

Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I’m looking for a way to access ISPF statistics from Java or C outside of a TSO / ISPF environment. Does such an animal exist out there ? Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hog

Re: Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks Mike, this helps a lot. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive.&quo

Re: Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks Tom, I was hoping for a high level interface though something like jzos. Appreciate the pointer and I’ll create something. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom&

Re: Access to PDS(E) ISPF statistics outside of TSO/ISPF

2023-10-11 Thread Matt Hogstrom
-runtime-ce-z/11?topic=jzos-pdsdirectorymemberinfostatistics Thanks all, for your experience in identifying the options and narrowing in on a solution. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://li

Re: Rocket miniconda frustrations

2023-11-02 Thread Matt Hogstrom
be going good work and is active. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Nov 2, 2023, at 1:53 PM, Jousma, David > <01a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > All, > > I have a simple need

Re: Anyone with zCX docker hands on?

2023-11-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Is this zCX or are you also using OCP on top? OCP via K8s makes the scaling and network admin easier but its a chargeable feature. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Nov 7, 2023, at 12:49 PM, Jousma, David > <01a0

Re: Can this be done?

2023-12-15 Thread Matt Hogstrom
As with many things on z/OS the simple can be complicated. I would have thought a simple open of a dataset overriding with RECFM U would have at least allowed you to read a block at a time. Nice idea. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <ht

Re: Looking for COBOL SYSADATA record layouts

2023-12-16 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Provides more detail on the link Kirk provided. https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/build-java-records-from-cobol-with-ibm-record-generator/ Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

2023-12-21 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I think we’re swerving off-topic from z/OS technical content. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognit

Re: Sysplex

2019-11-28 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Speculation on my part but it I suspect they heard the term data sharing and sysplex and assumed that data (in-memory) could be shared like a subpool (231 in this case CSA / ECSA) across LPARs. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Nov 28, 2019, at 04:11, David Crayford wrote: > >

Syslog Message Normalization

2019-12-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
. === 0004000 PROD 19111 16:00:40.08 JOB08657 0290 -STIMER 00 4 0 0.20 0.000.031 JES2 0 0 0 0 Given there are a number of subtle rules I was wondering if anyone had written or was aware of a general purpose normalizer. Matt

Re: Syslog Message Normalization

2019-12-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Thanks all, this is helpful. The second part is to parse the message apart into elements for some analysis. I’ll process through the suggestions. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://li

Re: GIT z/OS - ftp to mainframe - record length issue

2019-12-09 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Same comment as Lionel except I use sftp Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Dec 9, 2019, at 06:44, Lionel B Dyck wrote: > > If you are trying to ftp the rocket git distribution then you should be > ftp'ing it to OMVS and not to z/OS datasets. If you are trying to work with

Re: GIT z/OS - ftp to mainframe - record length issue

2019-12-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Brew is your friend http://osxdaily.com/2018/08/07/get-install-ftp-mac-os/ Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Dec 10, 2019, at 03:48, Martin Packer wrote: > > BTW on the Mac there are at least 3 other options: > > Python > In-built Apache/PHP > Filezilla > >

Re: VSAM record length 0

2019-12-27 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Could you use an VRRDS instead of an ESDS ? Seems like a zero length record would be supported (at least the doc indicates a record of any size and I believe 0 is a size. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> Li

Re: VSAM record length 0

2019-12-29 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Awesome. This made me laugh Zero is a number; it just can’t be used everywhere as noted below. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitt

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Yes, brew works under catalina Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive.&quo

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/spark... (101B) Removing: /Users/hogstrom/Library/Logs/Homebrew/orientdb... (4 files, 557B) Pruned 1 symbolic links from /usr/local Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedI

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2019-12-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
bin/s3270 tcl3270 -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/tcl3270 x3270if -> ../Cellar/x3270/3.6ga8/bin/x3270if More information on the emulators can be found here: http://x3270.bgp.nu/ Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom&

Re: Looking for tn3270 emulator that can run on macOS 10.15.2 (Catalina)

2020-01-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
that is JS based (run-in the browser) but it is an install on z/OS and doesn’t have robust keyboard mapping and I think its missing things like IND$FILE. Not a lot of good free options on Mac. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.

Re: [External] Re: FW: Re: it was 20 years ago today ....

2020-01-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
philosophy. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 3, 2020, at 11:06, Pommier, Rex wrote: > > Yeah, there was a lot of hype and panic among the uninitiated/unaware. I > won't mention the place, but the company I was working for leading up to Y2K > required us to test coax-

Re: What is a mainframe?

2020-01-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
is a significant barrier so consider it more of a port of entry and not the whole story. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 11, 2020, at 15:53, z/OS scheduler wrote: > > Welll, in my opinion the mainframe died when IBM allowed tcpip on their > servers. From that point onw

Re: How many ways can one sentence be wrong dept

2020-01-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
placement? Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook LinkedIn Twitter “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Jan 12, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > > PDS Compress

Re: How many ways can one sentence be wrong dept

2020-01-12 Thread Matt Hogstrom
thinking about possibilities that we at Ibm might start to consider Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Jan 12, 2020, at 15:49, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:59:21 -0500, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > >>

Re: How many ways can one sentence be wrong dept

2020-01-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Alas, hogst...@us.ibm.com is my IBM address. I generally use my personal account for mailing lists and open source involvement as that transcends my employer. Sorry if that was confusing; I didn’t mean it to be. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive

Re: z/OS monitoring

2020-02-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
about who has access to the data once in a store like Splunk or Elastic but more customers are taking that approach to make data available to a broader set of users. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hog

Re: z/OS Cross-memory server code walkthrough

2020-03-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
wanted to pick up some of the code for use so that I understand the IP and Copyright requirements. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Mar 1, 2020, at 07:56, Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. > wrote: > > Hi Rob, > > I see that the code is up on GITHUB: > > https://gith

Re: z/OS Cross-memory server code walkthrough

2020-03-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Sorry. I used your question to ask my own. I would zip the repo up Binary transfer it to z/os Unzip it The convert fro utf8 to 1047 Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Mar 1, 2020, at 09:11, Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. > wrote: > > OK, let me rephrase my question: > &

Re: Some COBOL Links

2020-04-08 Thread Matt Hogstrom
remediate as needed. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Apr 8, 202

Covid-19 COBOL Needs

2020-04-28 Thread Matt Hogstrom
bout signing up to help other communities here. Thank you, again, for your offer to assist the State of New Jersey. Sincerely, The State of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Response Team Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and n

Re: Now it's easier to find stuff on the CBT Tape

2021-04-28 Thread Matt Hogstrom
First one works on Chrome on a Mac Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 I just read a book on Stockholm Syndrome, it was pretty bad at first, but, by the end I kind of liked it. > On Apr 28, 2021, at 3:02 PM, Paul Gilmartin > <000433f07816-d

Re: Testing MQ connections using telnet from z/OS to external host

2021-05-02 Thread Matt Hogstrom
TRACERTE to the mid-range server will hopefully give you an idea of where the network is stopping you. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On May 2, 2021, at 18:10, Laurence Chiu wrote: > > In the process of setting up some new MQ connections from our Z/OS > mainframe to new mid-r

Re: IBM snew DOC Web SIte

2021-05-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
If I were to venture a guess they hand this off to design people (which is good) that are not getting feedback from the target audience (which is bad). That coupled with the attempt to unify everything with Cloud creates more of a lukewarm experience for everyone. Matt Hogstrom m

Re: How can I tell the zFS files being used by my application

2021-05-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
It takes z/OSMF about an hour to fully initialize on my ZD&T … same behavior (lots of SIOs and CPU) IBM says its fixing this but its been quite a while. Its Java related. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.h

Re: zPDT question

2021-06-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Not asked but for what its worth I run ZPDT on my Mac in a container under Docker Desktop with an Ubuntu OS Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jun 3, 2021, at 10:32 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >

Experiences

2021-06-25 Thread Matt Hogstrom
before we lose it ? Thoughts ? Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 " — Hogstrom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu wit

Re: registration problem

2021-09-18 Thread Matt Hogstrom
When you register you get an e-mail with instructions to use the list IIRC … including searching the archives Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Sep 18, 2021, at 22:01, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > The easiest way to subscribe is to send a subscribe request to the address > at t

Re: System Programmer Titles

2021-10-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Back in my day that was the systems programmer. Kind of like the old general practitioner doctor Matt Hogstrom +1 (919) 656-0564 > On Oct 13, 2021, at 15:36, Skip Robinson wrote: > > Good examples. What do we call a person who: > > -- Installs a security product as del

Re: An older device query - still using??

2021-10-21 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Sears Savings Bank in Burbank California. I also programmed the 3624 (ATM machines) to do auto-reconfiguration when a current cart ran out of money. Those were fun times and good days. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.

Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

2021-10-25 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Agree that this is disappointing. Many university students are interested in learning and a great way is to create code for Open Source projects like Zowe at the OpenMainframeProject and every year the first issue is to hold out a cup and look for a system for them to work on. Matt Hogstrom m

Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware

2021-10-29 Thread Matt Hogstrom
ther operating systems. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Oct 29, 2021, at 07:32, John McKown wrote: > > Sounds a little better. I, person, will wait for more info. And maybe a few > posts here from people who have used it. I imagine my retirement will be > filled with mind de

Re: IBM has lost it completely

2021-11-09 Thread Matt Hogstrom
+1 Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org A generalist knows less and less about more and more till he knows nothing about everything A specialist knows more and more about less and less till he knows everything about nothing > On Nov 9, 2021, at 1:52 PM, Tom Brennan wrote: > > It's

Re: Moron of the day -- me!

2021-11-10 Thread Matt Hogstrom
we expect to see most of the time. Glad you found it. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Nov 10, 2021, at 09:47, Phil Smith III wrote: > > Yesterday I needed to run a quick test of a USS-resident program from batch, > which I certainly knew was possible but had never done b

Re: Words fail me!

2021-11-13 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Unformatted System Services was used in VTAM to specify the screen and responses to uses to logon to formal VTAM sessions like TSO and CICS. USS was Unix System Services IIRC Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Nov 13, 2021, at 21:02, greg.pr...@optusnet.com.au wrote: > > Way

Re: AWS is down.

2021-12-08 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Its all about the workload. AWS is not a platform to run the world’s finances on but storing someone’s pictures or having applications where BASE is acceptable and provides accelerated innovation makes it better than the existing processes in many shops today. I have a truck and a Honda Pilo

Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2021-12-18 Thread Matt Hogstrom
C/C++ became a stable on z/OS for development. It takes time, open minds and a willingness to think outside of the box. I’m sure Frank is reading the conversation so, to you Frank, you rat bastard, thanks for stirring the hornets nest :) Well done. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Dec

Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2021-12-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
, provenance, … Open source in terms of grabbing content from outside then corporation and using it in apps or system administration seems like a significant hurdle. My 2c Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 Broadcom Distinguished Engineer > On Dec 19, 2021, at 08:41, René Jansen wrote: >

Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2021-12-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
definitely going to be something that happens over time. Matt Hogstrom e-mail m...@hogstrom.org “Quantity has a quality all its own.” — Joseph Stalin > On Dec 20, 2021, at 2:00 PM, Kirk Wolf wrote: > > I'm shocked that most ibm-mainers are not convinced by this paper :-) > &g

In the spirit of unity

2021-12-24 Thread Matt Hogstrom
For all of you, wishing you a great holiday with friends and family. For me it’s Merry Christmas Matt Hogstrom Broadcom Distinguished Engineer -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Link between datasets

2021-12-28 Thread Matt Hogstrom
That’s a clever approach. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive."

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Sounds a lot like where I work too. I’ve been working on Z and distributed for forty years and I use the same tools but probably use TSO more than just SDSF and submitting jobs. Also, use an increasing number of REST APIs for interacting with different services Matt Hogstrom PGP key

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-05 Thread Matt Hogstrom
goodies that were in there as well … so, eat ur yams first and THEN decide if they are not for you. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jan 5, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > In my experience, there are Luddites in ev

Re: JCL (was: Python ... REXX)

2022-01-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
That’s true for all source code and not unique to the PLX language. I suspect that PLX originally was not intended to be held to the same rigor as commercial languages and was specialized so IBM never er let it out of the lab. Matt Hogstrom A generalist knows less and less about more and

Re: Manuals for 3179G, 3192G, 3979

2022-01-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Expansion%20Unit%20-%20Setup%20Instructions.pdf> No coal for you this year. Matt Hogstrom “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jan 4, 2022, at 1:40 AM, Alexander Huemer wrote: > > Hi, > > I am searching for documentation to these devices,

Re: Manuals for 3179G, 3192G, 3979

2022-01-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Actually, I low-balled the guy on e-bay and got the manuals today and scanned them for you. Happy Holidays :) Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Tw

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-06 Thread Matt Hogstrom
interpreted and acted upon as opposed to being an execution engine. I think its does a fine job for what it is for in terms of abstraction of data from programs, allowing serialization via JES and dynamic allocation, etc. It describes a unit of work. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
and must responsibly embrace those models without sacrificing what is good. I like the Eagles, they are not producing new music so I listen to new music and see what I like. We need to not get stuck but plot a path forward. Matt Hogstrom PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 I’m reading a book on anti-gravity

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
of change and not a point in time for all time. Matt Hogstrom > On Jan 7, 2022, at 09:25, Charles Mills wrote: > > Wait a minute! RECFM and JCL are different problems. You could write a > marvelous modern replacement for JCL but if you were going to deal with > "3390&

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
we’re moving into. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom

Re: Manuals for 3179G, 3192G, 3979

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I’m happy to send them where they best serve the community. I consider them open source at this point. Provide some more information please ? Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 7, 2022, at 13:32, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > Would you consider sending the scans to bitsaver

Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
You can’t code arbirtraty names but a common convention is to look for a key in a file and use the value as a filename. Its a similar approach to DDNAMES as it uses an intermediary, just not as well defined for all users. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 7, 2022, at 13:37, Char

Re: Manuals for 3179G, 3192G, 3979

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Talked to Al and he is copying them over. I’ll post updated links when available. Thanks for the pointer. Matt Hogstrom PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 “I’m smart enough to know how dumb I can be" — Hogstrom > On Jan 7, 2022, at 2:49 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > See <htt

Re: Manuals for 3179G, 3192G, 3979

2022-01-07 Thread Matt Hogstrom
The circle is now complete … manuals are here on bitsavers.org http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/3192/ Thanks for the pointer Shmuel. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom&

Re: When open-source developers go bad | ZDNet

2022-01-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Free isn’t free. OpenSource has great potential but when people’s expectations do not meet their reality they can act out poorly. Matt Hogstrom PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Jan 14, 2022, at 6:36 AM, Mark Regan wrote: &

Re: When open-source developers go bad | ZDNet

2022-01-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
generate revenue but the road is through open co-opetition. Being transparent about a project’s goals is necessary. It helps everyone understand the playing field. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn

Re: COBOL V6 question

2022-01-16 Thread Matt Hogstrom
The compile time costs should be tolerable given benefits of runtime execution. Has IBM been able to provide, or have other people seen demonstrable benefits? Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 15, 2022, at 13:35, Charles Mills wrote: > > IBM has greatly improved the run

Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...

2022-01-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
The operators at a company I used to work for would bring in beer on Saturday nights and put then under the Lieberts so they would be cold when they drank them after their shift. Matt Hogstrom PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Perfer et obdura: dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Be patient and endure: some day

Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...

2022-01-19 Thread Matt Hogstrom
:) Matt Hogstrom PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Perfer et obdura: dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Be patient and endure: some day, this pain will be useful to you. > On Jan 19, 2022, at 1:04 PM, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw > <032fff1be9b4-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > At my first

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...

2022-01-20 Thread Matt Hogstrom
only take a second.” In which second he took down all the call center 3270’s across Southern California. He said it was only a brief interruption. Management disagreed and instituted the NO cable work except during a weekend window with a change record even for troubleshooting. Matt Hogstrom

Re: IBM Knowledge Center down?

2022-01-21 Thread Matt Hogstrom
seen too many cases where one person is not diligent and causes the most harm so the answer is lock down everything and deal with exceptions; which are few and far between. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 21, 2022, at 09:50, Carmen Vitullo wrote: > > for me Bob, I'd ha

Re: IBM Knowledge Center down?

2022-01-21 Thread Matt Hogstrom
One thing not mentioned on the thread is the ability to have APIs to read the IBM document database. If one exists please share. The document database assumes a human at a browser which is limiting and a supported and stable API interface would be welcome. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1

Re: Systems Programming / Operations support services in USA/Canada

2022-02-01 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Navitec is another Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter <https://twitter.com/hogstrom> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstro

Re: What is the audit basis to prevent read access to z/OS PARMLIB's?

2022-02-03 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I would suspect that it exposes potential attack vectors for the system. Ideally the system should be secure but loose lips sink ships. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “To my Ph.D. supervisor, for whom no thanks is too much.” > On Feb 3, 2022, at 6:12 PM, Farley, Peter x23

Re: What is the audit basis to prevent read access to z/OS PARMLIB's?

2022-02-04 Thread Matt Hogstrom
shares attack vectors makes an attacker’s job easier. Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Feb 4, 2022, at 06:42, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: > > IBM's clarification: the information in PARMLIB is accessible to any > non-privileged user via control

Re: IPCS - Dump timing

2022-02-08 Thread Matt Hogstrom
IPCS STATUS SYSTEM or ST SYS ? Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." — Hogstrom > On Feb 8, 2022, at 4:23 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: > > On 2/7/2022 10:53 PM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: >> On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 08:05:32 +0400 Jake Anderson &

Re: Holy Moly ...

2022-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Interesting … too bad I don’t subscribe to the NYT, sounds like a good read. Between the lines it sounds like the next generation of IBMers are woke and are willing to discard those that have years of value. Probably no different than in years past for many companies. Matt Hogstrom m

Re: Holy Moly ...

2022-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
The challenge there is IBM, like Disney with regard to their classics in the vault, didn’t see the value on using that tech to expand markets, they wanted to “keep” is and lots the market. Micro-channel anyone ? It’s not just IBM, its the Innovator’s Dilemma. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org

Re: Holy Moly ...

2022-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
Too bad that youth is wasted on the young — Mark Twain m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Feb 14, 2022, at 6:11 AM, Joe Monk wrote: > > https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/business/econo

Re: Holy Moly ...

2022-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
lack of material out there. We could help accelerate new training by putting out questions and answers so they are easier to find. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Feb 14, 2022, at 3

Re: Holy Moly ...

2022-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
hange.com/ <https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/> I find it a nice way to document the tribal knowledge we have in our heads. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Facebook <https://facebook.com/matt.hogstrom> LinkedIn <https://linkedin/in/mhogstrom> Twitter

Re: Definition of z/OS SYSRES volume

2022-02-14 Thread Matt Hogstrom
bootstraps the OS. Then layer in the z/OS terminology. throwing all new acronyms makes understanding something based on new words more difficult. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org “Quantity has a quality all its own.” — Joseph Stalin > On Feb 14, 2022, at 7:41 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: > >

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