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New edition of a guidebook to the language that is necessary to run batch jobs on IBM large mainframe computers, updated to incorporate recent changes to JCL and the OS/390 features. Coverage includes statement formats and rules, direct-access storage devices, generation data groups, IBM utility programs, ISPF, TSO/E, and hierarchical file system files. The author also discusses obsolete JCL features so that readers can recognize them in old programs and know what to do with them. Features new sections on programming in multiplatform environments, new examples focusing on the concerns of PC programmers, and chapter-end exercises that can be run on a PC. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
This authoritative guide to JCL has sold over 200,000 copies. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to reflect the recent changes in the language and its emerging applications, including mission-critical coverage of the two most talked about topics in the field, Year 2000 retrofitting of legacy systems and secure e-commerce. Reformatted to match the profiles of today's programmers, this edition places new emphasis on providing guidance for programmers with a PC background. JCL features no longer supported by IBM have been gathered in one chapter on obsolete technology for use by those maintaining legacy systems. The book also features updates for the latest version of OS/390, including changes in architecture, hardware, devices, and terminology.


Book Info
Updated to incorporate recent changes to JCL & the OS/390 features. More user-friendly for PC programmers & helps you take advantage of the current market demand for JCL programmers. Paper. DLC: IBM 370/390 PROGRAMMING


The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
This authoritative guide to JCL has sold over 200,000 copies. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to reflect the recent changes in the language and its emerging applications, including mission-critical coverage of the two most talked about topics in the field, Year 2000 retrofitting of legacy systems and secure e-commerce. Reformatted to match the profiles of today's programmers, this edition places new emphasis on providing guidance for programmers with a PC background. JCL features no longer supported by IBM have been gathered in one chapter on obsolete technology for use by those maintaining legacy systems. The book also features updates for the latest version of OS/390, including changes in architecture, hardware, devices, and terminology.


Back Cover Copy
Revised and updated! The internationally bestselling guide to JCL programming for today's enterprise programmers and developers This book helps you take advantage of the current market demand for JCL programmers. Whether you are a member of a Y2K retrofit team, an application manager charged with running secure e-commerce servers off of mainframe data, or a programmer assigned to writing interfaces between a mainframe and a client/server network, there is no faster, easier way to master this difficult programming language. More user-friendly for PC programmers than previous editions, System 390 JCL, Fourth Edition features: Many new examples focusing on the concerns of PC programmers New sections on programming in multiplatform environments Thorough review of changes in the latest versions of JCL and OS/390 Extensive coverage of JCL in batch programming and production jobs A separate chapter on obsolete features that can trip up retrofit teams Chapters on Linkage Editor, IBM utilities, Sort/Merge utility, VSAM, TSO/E, ISPF, and REXX Helpful chapter-end exercises that you can run on a PC Combining all the features of a tutorial for programmers new to JCL and a handy, everyday programming reference, System 390 JCL, Fourth Edition is truly the "JCL Programmer's Bible."


About the Author
Mark S. Merkow, CCP, is a Business Systems Analyst on the implementation of SET for a major Fortune 100 financial services company, and he assisted in the editing of SET Book One (Business Description). Jim Breithaupt is a software specialist and designer of both batch and on-line applications for the mainframe environment. Ken L. Wheeler served as a Lead Programmer Analyst on the implementation of SET to help prepare the system for widespread public access.

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This authoritative guide to JCL has sold over 200,000 copies. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to reflect the recent changes in the language and its emerging applications, including mission-critical coverage of the two most talked about topics in the field, Year 2000 retrofitting of legacy systems and secure e-commerce. Reformatted to match the profiles of today's programmers, this edition places new emphasis on providing guidance for programmers with a PC background. JCL features no longer supported by IBM have been gathered in one chapter on obsolete technology for use by those maintaining legacy systems. The book also features updates for the latest version of OS/390, including changes in architecture, hardware, devices, and terminology.

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This authoritative guide to JCL has sold over 200,000 copies. The fourth edition has been revised and updated to reflect the recent changes in the language and its emerging applications, including mission-critical coverage of the two most talked about topics in the field, Year 2000 retrofitting of legacy systems and secure e-commerce. Reformatted to match the profiles of today's programmers, this edition places new emphasis on providing guidance for programmers with a PC background. JCL features no longer supported by IBM have been gathered in one chapter on obsolete technology for use by those maintaining legacy systems. The book also features updates for the latest version of OS/390, including changes in architecture, hardware, devices, and terminology.

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