17 Jan
2018
17 Jan
'18
4:34 p.m.
On Jan 17, 2018, at 6:55 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
// DD DATA would ignore // in cols 1,2, but not /*. I found // DD DATA,DLM='@@'
-- not sure when that appeared. I don't remember it from my OS/360 dabblings.
paul
> I used to have a tiny portable manual card
punch.
> An acquaintance used it to punch /* in the first two columns of his
> punchcard based utility bills. (those characters have special meaning
> to 360 JCL. They have multiple punches per column, so it required
> making a punch, then backspacing to make the other punch(es))
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
/* = end of data set
/& = end of job
One wonders how a S/360 "C" compiler might deal with this. Preceding it
with a space might do the trick.
Yes, it would, but how would you get 100% compliance wiht no mistakes from PROGRAMMERS?
A 360 s'posedly COULD be told to ignore, or to respond to something else, but that
wasn't usually available.