Author: Bill Woodger
Subject: Reply to: SORT Block of records
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:02 pm (GMT 5.5)
Arun, the link you provided refers running Enterprise COBOL on USS using HFS.
The F in HFS is for "files", so obviously you'd expect "files" to be the correct terminology.
The F in zFS, on the other hand, is... oh rats. There goes that rock-solid argument.
I don't really mind using files/data sets interchangeably (I've just migrated to data sets as two separate words, so can finally admit to being so cavalier). However, my initial thoughts on seeing the word "file" are that perhaps the user of the word is not aware of the important distinction between "files" and "datasets", which is the "internal organisation (if any)".
Just using the correct word/phrase does not mean that the relevant differences (where multiple architectures are involved) are actually known, so a rote "file is not a data set" can mean nothing.
Subject: Reply to: SORT Block of records
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:02 pm (GMT 5.5)
Arun, the link you provided refers running Enterprise COBOL on USS using HFS.
The F in HFS is for "files", so obviously you'd expect "files" to be the correct terminology.
The F in zFS, on the other hand, is... oh rats. There goes that rock-solid argument.
I don't really mind using files/data sets interchangeably (I've just migrated to data sets as two separate words, so can finally admit to being so cavalier). However, my initial thoughts on seeing the word "file" are that perhaps the user of the word is not aware of the important distinction between "files" and "datasets", which is the "internal organisation (if any)".
Just using the correct word/phrase does not mean that the relevant differences (where multiple architectures are involved) are actually known, so a rote "file is not a data set" can mean nothing.