Originally Posted by
squirtdad
Despite using cards on my first job for JCL (job contrl language) for submitting runs on the mainframe I was totally surprised on my second job when the gave me a program in a whole box of cards (burroughs mainframe....because I worked for a bank and burroughs made the best check sorters)
good heavens.... I haven't heard the term "job control language" since.... well, probably since I took a Pascal class in 1982(?) where we had to type punch cards to use for batch execution.
I think punch cards might be the equivalent of nail-on shoe cleats in the cycling world... kinda neat and interesting, but a big pain to actually deal with.
Steve in Peoria