MVS JCL (2nd Edition)

Excellent product!

I've been buying a number of mainframe books to get back to my programming roots. This is an excellent treatise on MVS JCL. It's still relevant in the world of mainframe JCL.

I purchased for my daughter who finds herself in a job that requires knowledge of JCL she has none. I purchased this book because it had good examples of commands. I believe that it fulfilled what I was looking for.

Not what I expected. I wanted something easier to pickup and follow direction.It could be good for other users.

Exactly what I expected it to be. I needed the book to reference for my job. JCL and I go way back.

My favorite JCL books were those by Mani Carsthanassis, `Expert MVS/(ESA and XA) JCL. Unfortunately these were published in 1991 and 1989 and do not contain features introduced since then.I found that these books fully explained whatever topic I had occasion to need to refer to a book for. They somehow get to the necessary level of detail but are very readable to anyone who already has reasonable knowledge of JCL. They were not written for beginners or students, they were written for people with relevant working experience. Many books spend quite a bit of time on the material which one could readily ask the person sitting at the next workstation, but omit to explain the more complex items.Can anyone tell me whether this text is more of a college text, and if so is there a current text which is intended for people with significant jcl experience? I invite comments from readers, the author, or other authors; directed to Bernard768 @ Hotmail.com, Thanks.

An excellent JCL book for beginners and to use as a reference. This is one of the 2 definitive up-to-date JCL books (the other being Gary Deward Browns book). Good explanations of mainframe concepts as well.

GOOD FOR ME !