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All command line, and totally foreign on a level that makes switching from Windows to Linux look trivial by comparison. (which coincidentally, is why I want to

• marktangotango 11y ago
  It uses the 3270 terminal (xterm has a 3270 mode I've used), interface is predominantly 'ispf', it's essentially menu driven; you can browse/search the filesystem, edit files, submit jobs (everything is a job ie jcl ie job control language; compile, run programs etc) browse job spools (stdout from a job). Google will show you images of ispf, browsing the jcl manuals will give you nightmares.
  • dodders 11y ago
    My first job was writing JCL decks - it's not that bad.
    • krylon 11y ago
      It is not terrifying per se, just ... very different. I have only had brief contact with JCL, but I remember having to figure out how to get a command line into JCL that was more than 80 characters in length. It took me two days to figure that out, and none of the old-timers in the team had ever had to do that. When I did find the solution, it was surprisingly simple, but finding it took me a lot of time.