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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_Scheduler
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 7, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

REXX Syntax should be available in JCL

JCL isn't going away - it's too deeply embedded, there are too many "dusty decks" that aren't feasible to convert, and too many tools that work with or assume it. So, while having Python and REXX for scripting is nice, they can't supersede JCL. But JCL needs much greater flexibility beyond the recently-introduced if/then/else. Adding REXX syntax would open up a vast amount of functionality and make JCL much simpler to compose from scratch.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 13, 2023
    .This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.

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