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- From: LEIGH WILLIAMS <F_WILLIAMS@CCSVAX.SFASU.EDU>
- Subject: VSE JCL
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- WARNING!!!
-
- Librarians and non-technical types can stop reading now if
- you want. This is a long message and we're speaking Greek
- part of the time.
-
- TECH1's, bear with me; I know this is lengthy, but it's a
- very important issue and I *need* your input.
-
- Read the following caveats and the history carefully so that
- you can understand where we're coming from on this.
-
- CAVEATS
-
- Our concern here is with VSE, not MVS. Some MVS programmers
- wrote to say that they like the procs. After working on
- Michael's system, I can understand why. VSE's problem is
- that editing procs is a real pain in the ass -- you punch
- the JC, get the first proc name, punch the proc, get more
- proc names, punch them, etc. You have to recatalog each
- proc if you change it, too. Feels like an infinite loop
- most of the time.
-
- NSI has *not* undertaken to accomodate us on this matter.
- They are willing to listen to reasonable arguments. It
- will be difficult to convince them to maintain two sets
- of JCL.
-
- HISTORY
-
- While I was VSE SIG chair, I became concerned at the
- difficulty beginning sites were having in running the batch
- jobs. I was faxing out and posting a lot of JCL.
-
- My second objective was to reduce the amount of time TECH1's
- have to spend in rewriting JCL and in debugging. I had become
- very tired of having to punch source to see what the files were
- doing, what printers were needed, etc. These things were
- part of the reason NOTIS was perceived as a labor-intensive
- system, costing NSI sales.
-
- I suggested the following points for a rewrite of the JCL:
-
- Include a comment section at the beginning of each
- job that contains the purpose of the program,
- lists the files that are input/output/updated,
- and explains how to restart or recover in the
- event of step failure.
- Use a block of SETPARMs at the beginning of the job
- to tailor it.
- Include printer assignments, sort work DLBLs, and
- such so that a beginner can see what system
- resources are required for the job. These can
- be stubs (e.g., INCLUDE YOUR SORT WORK FILE DLBL HERE).
-
- NSI agreed to rewrite the JCL, at considerable manpower cost.
- What we got, however, was not exactly what I had envisioned.
- At my site, at least, the time cost of supporting NOTIS has
- gone up, not down, and I'm not finding the procs to be as flexible
- as I had hoped. A lot of this problem results from using the
- MVS JCL as a model and taking VSE along for the ride.
-
- Here is a summary of the suggestions, taken from the texts
- you will find below.
-
- 1) Stop nesting procs. Stop using procs at all, except for
- the very few cases where they make some marginal sense.
- Use SETPARMs for customizing the job instead (see Jim Cobbs'
- example below). Another way to say this: Make all VSE
- JCL inline.
-
- 2) Include the basic printer assignments needed for the job
- in the JCL.
-
- 3) Give a choice of disk or tape input/output for each job.
-
- 4) Put sort work files -- or at least a stub -- in each job
- stream that includes a sort.
-
- 5) Generic parameters should be used consistently across PROCs
- (SPACE and SRTSPC are bad offenders). This applies equally
- well to SETPARMs.
-
- 6) All JCL that creates temp datasets should delete such
- datasets at the conclusion of a run, or perhaps at the
- end of the job step in which they're processed.
-
- 7) Temp datasets should be created such that they're deleted
- only if the program doesn't bomb to facilitate restart.
-
- 8) The temp dataset naming convention should be changed to
- include the HLQ to accomodate multiple institution groups.
-
- 9) Each job should contain a comment, placed immediately after
- the JOB statement, that identifies what it does. Each proc
- should also contain such a comment.
-
- 10) If a STEP normally completes with a non-zero code or has
- some other unusual feature this should be explained in
- a comment.
-
- 11) Make the JOB name the same name under which the JCL is
- cataloged to improve communications between TECHs and NSI.
-
- 12) A parameter should be included for a catalog for sort work
- files and for temp work files (maybe named WORKCAT?).
-
- 13) The parms and DDNAMEs (or DLBLs) should be listed in
- alphabetical order at the beginning of the job.
-
- Please post your comments to the list. Remember that I need
- lots of voices in this discussion if I am to convince NSI
- that they should do any rewriting, so LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
-
- Our subject line for this discussion is VSE JCL. Please be
- sure to include it on your postings so that our colleagues can
- skip these messages and so that I can compile them. Also,
- please include the number of the item above when you discuss
- it so that I can tabulate the results.
-
- May the postings begin,
-
- Leigh
- F_WILLIAMS@CCSVAX.SFASU.EDU
-
-
- TEXT OF THE COMMENTS SENT TO ME TO DATE:
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "James A. Cobbs" <JAC%WRLCVM.BITNET@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>
-
- VSE stands for:
- Very
- Secure
- Employment
-
- 1. STOP NESTING PROCS. Stop using procs at all, except for a very few cases
- where they make some marginal sense. Please, please, please, pretty please.
- I have taken to just getting the main PROC, copying in the sub-PROCs and making
- the whole mess into a single in-line job stream. I do this by setting up the
- job like an in-line PROC under MVS. This is done by using the // SETPARM
- statement for any overrides I want/need. For example:
-
- * $$ JOB JNM=OVERLAY1,CLASS=Z,DISP=D,NTFY=(WRLCVM,HEINZ),SYSID=1
- * $$ LST CLASS=A,DEST=(,HEINZ),SYSID=2
- * $$ PUN CLASS=A,DEST=(,HEINZ),SYSID=2
- // JOB OVERLAY1
- // LIBDEF *,SEARCH=(T51LMS.L51SRC,N51LMS.L51SRC,N502LMS.N50CNV)
- /* ------------------ JOB OVERRIDES -------------------------------- *
- // SETPARM DHLQ='NOTIS.WRLC'
- // SETPARM MARCDSN='MARC.INPUT'
- // SETPARM SYSPARM='BKG3439'
- // SETPARM INUNIT=DISK
- // SETPARM OUTUNIT=DISK
- // SETPARM INPTFMT=OCLC
- // SETPARM INPTTYP=UNSPAN
- // SETPARM DTETAGS=005
- // SETPARM RECS='1000,100'
- // SETPARM SIZE=512K
- // SETPARM SRTSIZE=1024K
- // SETPARM INVOL=999999
- // SETPARM OUTVOL=999999
- // SETPARM WRKCAT=NOTISUC
- /* ------------------ SYSTEM OPTIONS ------------------------------- *
- // OPTION NODUMP
- // ON $ABEND GOTO EOJ
- // ON $CANCEL GOTO EOJ
- // ON $RC > 4 GOTO EOJ
- // ASSGN SYS000,SYSLST
- // ASSGN SYS007,SYSLST
- // ASSGN SYS013,SYSLST
- /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *
-
- The above is a rather extreme example, but you can see how I make the
- thing work. If you want a complete, or less complex, example let me know.
-
- 2. Maybe this only works with VSE/ESA, but as you can see from the example
- above I have made basic printer assignments under the SYSTEM OPTIONS section.
- I can't tell you how many jobs I've had fail while we were trying to get
- going under VSE because there was no SYS007 or SYS013 assignment in the
- 'as delivered' JCL. Putting these statements up front makes them work for
- any and all subsequent job steps and you can override them in any specific
- steps or just add power statements as required. If they are not needed then
- they don't cause a problem (as they would under MVS) but if they are needed
- and have been left off by NSI then your tush is covered.Have NSI put these
- override printer assignments at the top of each and every piece of JCL.
-
- 3. NSI has got to realize that VSE isn't just for small sites anymore. IBM
- pricing of MVS and monster improvements in VSE/ESA have make it a viable, but
- unpleasant, alternative to budget tight sites (read us). This means that
- NOT EVERY SITE WANTS OR NEEDS TO USE TAPE. For god's (and my sanity's) sake
- make _every_ program able to take disk as well as tape input. I can't tell
- you how many programs I've had to change to accept disk input -- and how many
- I'll have to change again and again and again and again as each new release and
- sub-release comes out.
-
- 4. This might be a little difficult, but couldn't NSI put sort works into
- steps that use sorts. Sure there is IBM Sort and SYNCSORT and they have
- differences, but there MUST be some 'skeleton' type of sort work statement
- that could be used. Maybe this would be an honest place for a PROC: one
- for IBM sort one for SYNCSORT, etc. I think I remember you saying in some
- note or another that you use * $$ INCLUDE or * $$ SLI type statements to
- achieve the same thing. Be nice to have a 'model' to work from in the
- 'as delivered' JCL. Makes a BIG difference when you work with files our size.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "Colegate V. Spinks" <ZCVS@ADM.ANGELO.EDU>
-
- My preference with respect to JCL follows:
- 1) Jobs should be distributed in two forms, disk only and tape only.
- The disk only JCL would be sufficent to run demonstrations, etc, while
- the tape only would be more likely the JCL used in the production
- environment. It is foolish to beleive all production sites would use
- the tape only version and the same goes for the disk only. Users could
- develope their own version from one of these two. ADVANTAGE:
- Eliminates
- a massive amount of the conditional JCL found in the jobs. It is
- dificult at best to weed through some of the more complex jobs with a
- screen or two of conditional JCL prior to each executable step in the
- job. Just becasue conditional JCL is possible does not mean you have
- to use it. DISADVANTAGE: A maintenance issue for NSI, multiple JCLs
- need to be tested for each "production job". I am sure that some users
- like the extent to which NSI has gone to make conditional JCL. I do
- not.
- 2) PROCs. I feel that many times the jcl becomes dificult when trying to
- trace down through the procs. The general statements made by NIS is
- that
- PROCS usually do not call other procs except in cases like a sort step.
- I feel that in general all proces should be eliminated or at least
- minimized. At a bear minimum, eliminate the procs that call procs. If
- jcl is produced to eliminate/minimize conditional JCL, many of the
- cases
- were procs call procs will also be eliminated. ADVANTAGE: Easer to work
- with JCL as each deck is a functional unit. We are a VM/VSE site a keep
- all of our JCL at the VM level. It is difficult to review and work with
- jobs that use procs as we have no mechanism other that maint to review
- library members. This is not the case for ICCF users and VSE only
- users.
- DISADVANTAGE: None come to mind. I have not found a second level proc
- that was ever used by another job, which is the only reason why I would
- use procs.
- 3) Eliminate some of the common parms. It is a common pactice in our shop
- to make local mods to incomming procs and JCL at install time. Parms
- such as the highlevel qualifiers, volumes, etc could easily be modified
- as part of the installation process. DISADVANTAGE: NSI may have
- dificulty
- supporting JCL that has had such GLOBAL modifications made. Users may
- think that this is just a lot of work. ADVANTAGE: I have yet to get a
- NSI job to function is my environment out of the box. I have to go
- through and review all the jobs. Perhaps I am the odd ball and everyone
- else is running stock code as distributed.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: Dan Gillett <ZZGILLET%UVVM.UVIC.CA@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- The call for suggested VSE coding standards to suggest to NOTIS should
- be extended to include MVS coding standards. NOTIS should be commended
- for continuing to improve the modules as they are being re-written BUT
- the MVS JCL is in my opinion still not up to par. The following is a
- suggested MVS standard that also applies in many aspects to VSE.
- This is essentially our local JCL standard for all production systems.
- It would require a fair bit of work to get this going but it would make
- the JCL into a much more useful tool. Sorry for the long note but this
- is one of the "hot buttons" for both MVS and VSE Techies. Cheers, Dan.
- ========================================================================
- MVS JCL Coding Goals
- - To obtain consistency in coding methods thereby improving the
- readability and understanding of the cataloged procedure and
- its resultant run-time generated output.
- - To obtain consistency not only within a specific PROC but
- also across all PROCs.
- - To simplify modifications and testing of system changes and
- minimize PROC statement overrides by the user in the JOB deck.
-
- Default Symbolic Parameters in Job Members
- - all of the symbolic parameters should be assigned valid default
- values in HLQ.L51.CNTL job members to allow the jobs to be run
- on the test system with the addition of a JOB card and changing
- the "HLQ" etc in the JOB member only.
- - all JCL/PROCs should be TYPRUN=SCANed at NOTIS prior to sending
- out the release (to avoid JCL errors).
-
- PROC Statement
- - all of the symbolic parameters used should be included in the
- procedure (PROC) statement IN ALPHAMERIC ORDER.
- - symbolic parameters should be minimized as it is possible to
- customize PROC usage through DDNAME JOB deck overrides.
-
- DD Statement
- - Data Definition (DD) statements should be ORDERED ALPHABETICALLY
- by DDNAME within a step.
- - Generic Parameters should be used consistently across PROCS
- (the new SPACE= and SRTSPC= parameters are the worst offenders).
- - the order in which any keywords used should appear on the DD
- statement should be: DSN, DISP, UNIT, VOL, LABEL, SPACE,
- DCB (LRECL,BLKSIZE,RECFM,...), AMP
-
- Temporary Datasets
- - all PROCs that use temporary datasets should have one step deleting
- datasets left over from previous runs.
- - temporary dataset naming convention should be changed slightly
- to accommodate a multiple institution strategy (e.g. LB300PRC name
- &HLQ..LB300010.TEMP would become &HLQ..LB300010.TEMP&GROUP).
- - temporary datasets not needed at the end of step for subsequent
- steps or PROCs should be consistently deleted.
- - all dataset names should should conform to a consistent naming
- strategy (they definitely don't now across all PROCs).
-
- Comment Statements
- - each HLQ.L51.CNTL JOB member should contain a minimum comment
- identifying what the job does.
- - each PROC should contain a minimum comment identifying what
- what the PROC or STEP within a PROC does.
- - comment statements should be placed consistently directly after
- the PROC or EXEC statement.
- - if a STEP normally completes with a non-zero completion code
- or has some other unusual feature, this should be noted in a comment.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "James A. Cobbs" <JAC%WRLCVM.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- The basis on a vast majority of NSI's NOTIS job streams is the use
- of PROCs, with nested PROCs in VSE, and PDS members in MVS, suppling imbedded
- parameters, sorts commands, etc. I would bet quite a few drinks at the next
- NUGUM that most, if not all, of this comes from a mentality (and coding habits)
- that date back to those wonderful days of yesteryear when tab cards reigned
- surpreme. For anyone who has ever worked with a big stack of jobs on tab cards
- you can understand why PROCs seemed like the greatest thing since sliced bread.
-
- The thrust of all this is to pose a question to the list: is there
- ANYONE out there in NOTISland that still uses tab cards for submitting jobs
- via a card reader? If there is _no one_ out there doing this then I think
- NSI should very seriously rethink their use of PROCs in their JCL.
-
- Due to the klugey nature of MVS JCL getting rid of PROCs entirely is
- difficult (I usually ended up with my PROCs sitting in-line so I didn't have
- to guess what's in them). With VSE (well, at least the VSE/ESA we are
- using) PROCs are not needed or useful (I do overrides using a // SETPARM
- line). If no one is using tab cards, then why are we still being delivered
- a tab card oriented system?
-
- Send general comments to the list, hate mail to my address.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "James A. Cobbs" <JAC%WRLCVM.BITNET@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>
-
- I promised not to nit pick, but here is one thing I would like to see
- NSI add, because I add it to the end of the code in almost every IDCAMS step:
-
- IF MAXCC = 8 THEN SET MAXCC = 0
-
- The number could be any 'expected' value (8 is most common where you have
- a DELETE/DEFINE and there is no old file to delete). This forces the step
- to have a return code of zero if, and only if, any part of the preceeding
- code gives a return code of 8. This means that up front I can have a
- lines that says
-
- // ON $RC > 4 GOTO EOJ
-
- and I know that I have control of the execution of subsequent steps.
-
- From: Lee Harris <LEEHAR%LIBRARY.LIB.USU.EDU@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- It would be nice if Notis would quit using PROCS.
-
- I have rewritten most of the Notis jobs, because I do not like the PROCS.
- Now when ever Notis sends out a new release it is a pain to check to make
- sure that they haven't changed one of the jobs.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: Warren Van Wyck <WVW%UVMVM.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- On Tue, 5 Jan 1993 09:51:27 EDT James A. Cobbs said:
- > With VSE (well, at least the VSE/ESA we are
- >using) PROCs are not needed or useful (I do overrides using a // SETPARM
- >line).
- Or just VSE/SP.
- I heartily second this suggestion -- it's always on the top of my
- requested changes for the VSE SIG group.
- The first action I take with any VSE job is de-PROC it.
- What works well (or just works) for MVS is a pain for VSE --
- NSI should tailor the JCL for the target system (and when will
- donkeys fly?).
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "Colegate V. Spinks" <ZCVS@ADM.ANGELO.EDU>
-
- continued observations...
- I do not rember any other major points regarding JCL. I often wonder
- if there is a method to the madness in the manor in which NSI does the
- JCL. It may be that they are following some internal standard that makes
- perfect sense to them but because we do not know the standard we do not
- understand. It appears to me that MVS folks have a similar attitude toward
- the JCL also. I know from my point of view, the most troublesome part
- of the NSI jcl is the conditional JCL first and second the embedded procs.
- I view procs as a JCL equivalent to program subroutines. If used in more
- than one place, code as a subroutine/proc. If only one place, code inline.
- We also make extensive use of standard labels when possible, being able
- to place all of the DLBLs in the standard labels for NSI files would be
- of intrest to us and would greatly simplify the JCL. We also place all of
- our NSI files in a NSI catalog. In doing this, we can eliminate the need
- to code the CAT part of the DLBL and in most of the IDCAMS. We have seperate
- catalogs for testing and production. By simply changing the user catalog
- we can run on either with unmodified JCL, with the exception of a few IDCAMS.
- Otherwise we would need to maintain a set of JCL for each environment as
- the catalogs are different.
- Lastly, this is should probably be somewere else. The choice of library
- names on NSI part for the new code to load down. Well, this is nice, but
- I would prefer that all the library names be the same between releases and
- and not reflect the release level. This requries that all JCL using the
- libraries be modified for every release. This can be a real hassel and add
- several days to the project.
- If more thoughts come to mind, I will let you know. Any questions, drop
- a line. Latter.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: Alan Alexander-Manifold <ALANAM%PURCCVM.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- I certainly endorse the comments made about the consistency and testing
- of JCL, but I want to make a point that I haven't seen in this current
- discussion. In an informal survey made last year of TECH1s from a number
- of NOTIS sites, it became clear that each site has a different way of
- dealing with JCL. Many sites have shop standards, which don't agree
- with each other. Many sites use the PROCs as shipped. Many others
- pull the PROCs in-line. Some places get rid of the PROCs altogether
- and use straight in-line JCL.
-
- In other words, there is nothing NOTIS can do that will make it so most
- of us don't have to touch their JCL. Because of local practices, most
- of us change the JCL into our own format. Personally, I would be satisfied
- if the stuff they send us is of high quality and is consistent, both in
- format and in content. I believe NOTIS has taken great strides toward
- meeting these goals, but they still have a ways to go. On the other hand,
- every time they revise the JCL, even if it is an improvement, it makes all
- of us have to go back and redo our local versions to have consistent
- PARMs, etc. Once they get through it all and make it all consistent, won't
- it be wonderful?
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "Colegate V. Spinks" <ZCVS@ADM.ANGELO.EDU>
-
- And another thing... well, I just encountered this one again, stirs up old
- memories. I wish NSI would use the same job name as the member name under
- which it is cataloged. Usually it is close, with the exception of the first
- two characters indicating the analyist at NSI responsible for the job.
- Sometimes it is in the vicenity, the numbers are the same but no other
- characters match, and others, well, no relationship at all.
-
- I rember your discussion about your names at NUGM being diferent from NSIs,
- well depending on who you talk to a NSI, they will reference one or the
- other names. Usually the member name. Well when most systems use the job
- name to generate banner sheets, it is dificult to match up what you thought
- you ran with what you got back when the names do not match.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "John P. Hauck" <GG.JPH%ISUMVS.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- I agree that what is good for MVS sites is not necessarily good for VSE
- sites, and vice-versa! I, for one, am tired of spending my life changing
- JCL every time NOTIS sends out a new release. Now that we have the PROCS in
- place, lets leave the JCL alone. If PROCS are not a good situation for VSE
- sites, lobby NOTIS to change the VSE distribution, but please leave the MVS
- distribution alone.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: Dan Gillett <ZZGILLET%UVVM.UVIC.CA@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- MVS sites that are just starting to look at 5.1 should be aware that the
- proclib contains 6 PROCs with actual hard JCL errors: LB391PRC, LB480PRC,
- LB610PRC, LB790PRC, LD300PRC and LIF790PR. In addition the new parameters
- SPACE= and SRTSPC= are used in 6 different ways so you will need to look
- at each PROC to see how to code these parameters.
-
- I would also like to add my vote to an endorsement of PROCs. What I object
- to is the rather inconsistent way NOTIS codes the PROCs they give us.
- You would think that they could get 101 PROCs is order!
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: VAUGHAN%VUCTRVAX.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU
-
- I believe NOTIS is aware of errors and inconsistencies in
- the JCL, and they are trying to correct the problems. The
- discussion at the VSE Sig meeting during NUGM began as a
- result of a meeting the sig chairs had with TeamNOTIS. There
- seems to be a problem for VSE sites using procs, and NOTIS
- asked if we could first determine if this is the case for
- most, or all, VSE sites, and then come up with a workable
- alternative. I think this was the reason for Leigh's request
- for input from VSE sites. We are trying to resolve the
- problem of using procs on a VSE system, as opposed to defining
- overall standards for all NOTIS JCL. If we ask NOTIS to eliminate
- procs from the VSE JCL, this will also involve setting some
- standards that will most likely be different from those in
- the MVS JCL.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "James A. Cobbs" <JAC%WRLCVM.bitnet@VM.TCS.Tulane.EDU>
-
- A long time ago when I first started working NOTIS in Release 4.5 (I
- believe, but NOTIS tends to rot the memory) they shipped all the MVS
- stuff with in-line PROCSs. Silly me, I spent a bunch of time setting
- up a PROCLIB and decanting the PROCs into it. Then I spent a bunch
- of time putting them back because they were so buggy that this was
- the easyest way to handle test and debug. Subsequent releases have
- come and gone and while I worked with MVS I kept finding myself putting
- the PROCs back in-line for easier modification/debug. Since MVS's JCL, unlike
- the superior VSE JCL, doesn't allow in-line data in PROCS, nor the calling
- of PROCs from PROCs (a really dubious virtue) MVS sites have the
- added problem of keeping up with hundred(s) of small PDS members that
- supply job parms, sort commands, etc. If I we were still a MVS shop I
- would recommend going back to in-line PROCs as the easiest way for NSI
- to distribute. MVS, internally, may (or may not) be a great operating
- system but the JCL still goes back to the Kennedy Administration and is
- the ultimate in user-unfriendlyness: good luck guys, you'll need it.
-
- NSI is going to have to face a cruel reality: VSE is not MVS. Some
- things are very good; some very bad. Access to members in a library (well,
- library/sublibrary for you purists) is far more difficult than in MVS and
- therefore maintaining cataloged PROCs is not a pretty picture. As I
- indicated in my earlier note, I've taken to doing the equivalent of in-line
- PROCs in VSE to take advantage of override capabilities. If we were a small
- shop I doubt I would even do this; but we are quite large and this has to
- be taken into consideration. NSI uses nested PROCs in VSE to _simulate_
- the kludgey MVS PDS parm members: Boooo.
-
- The net of all this verbage is my feeling that NSI should: (1) deliver
- MVS with in-line PROCs; and in VSE they should at least stop using nested
- PROCs as they are not needed and a real pain in the tush. VSE's JCL needs
- a lot more, but these thoughts have been sent to the appropriate TeamNOTIS
- member as a personal note.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: "Colegate V. Spinks" <ZCVS@ADM.ANGELO.EDU>
-
- and another thing...
- I realize this may be nit picking, but, it is considered sloppy
- programming in our shop to use implicite file definations. We do
- all of our file definations using IDCAMs defines. It makes it
- easier to see what is going on rather than the implicite defines.
-
- I wonder how others feel on this one?
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