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What is really pointless - that is posting pages of bullshit text here, instead of trying to run your own multiple various test code, and to find out for yourself: what is what, and who is who.

This forum is already overloaded with beggars, who only ask for "help" (aka "do their job for them in full"), and either do not want, or are not able to find simple answers to primitive questions, such as "requirement to calculate (2 + 2) using only JCL tools".

Sadly I feel that he does have a point. There are ways of answering post but talking down to people is in my opinion not one which should be used. I don't actuallly see this site, and neither the one for professionals, being swamped, and I wonder if that is because people have stopped posting, not wanting to be insulted. In fact I see very few postings these days, so have the sites made themselves irrelevant?

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dneufarth (Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:38 pm)

Oh, Sorry.
my mistake.

I was under the misconception that this was a beginners forum,
where ppl could ask "stupid" questions, and where ppl lurk with
the will to help others, and perhaps share their knowladge and experience onward.

As a child, i was taught that if i have nothing good to say,
nothing useful to contribute, or something constructive,
sometimes, its better to just say nothing at all.


So yeah. NM. anyways..
My apologies.
My bad. -thumbsUp-

Reddit it is.
KTHXBYE

i.e.

Like the average "go RTFM" answer,
only with added bonus of page number,
and a larger verity of doc-lib.
It's amazing what you can do nowadays with a SLM,
and a bit of time.

https://zossearch.living-mainframe.de/