JCL
1 American-
Informal. the total specifications made for a job using job control language.
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Etymology
Origin of J.C.L.
From Latin Jūris Canonicī Licentiātus
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Dev and ops started to separate in the ’60s, when programmer/analysts dumped boxes of punch cards into readers, and “computer operators” behind a glass wall scurried around mounting tapes in response to JCL.
From Forbes • Jun. 11, 2012
JCL has a very fascist syntax, and some versions will, for example, barf if two spaces appear where it expects one.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
Anything that requires heavy wizardry or black art to parse: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a language you haven't a clue how to read.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
As with COBOL, JCL is often used as an archetype of ugliness even by those who haven't experienced it.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
"Yeah, I looked for a list of 360 mnemonics to post as a joke, but I hit EOF pretty fast; all the library had was a JCL manual."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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