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Re: I've just realised how 'stone age' CLIST is with MVS 3.8 :-)


 

On 11/17/20 5:15 AM, Rupert Reynolds wrote:
I tried to write a CLIST that processes all DSNs for an HLQ.

No &SYSINDEX(needle,haystack)

No SYSCALL for an internal PROC

I need to install Rexx, or port my compiler :-)
Stone knives and bear skins.

Over on VM/370, the original EXEC is based on the script processor for CTSS, RUNCOM.? That's wonderful historical trivia, not so wonderful when you're trying to get work done!

-ahd-

p.s. There's a reason I hang out on the LCM+L VM/SP system (mostly for XEDIT and REXX).

--
Drew Derbyshire

"Cool! Crossbow! Check out these babies. Goodbye stakes, hello flying
fatality." -- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

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