13 Dec
2015
13 Dec
'15
12:15 a.m.
On Sat, Dec 12, 2015, Robert Rissell wrote:
The batch job consisted of a Batch Number for
accounting, the keyword-coded
header card(s) to tell the computer what to do with the following cards
such as Compile, Link, Execute then Output for a Fortran source.
[snip]
Following the source you would find the cards
listing the input for the program, such as a list of accounts and amounts
to be added
together or sorted.
So you could have the same batch job compile AND run the program? That
kind of surprises me. Must have saved a lot of time that way.
--
Eric Christopherson