Re: Testing from the command line (was: Use of %DEC withunformattedcharacter numerics)

[Douglas Handy <dhandy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

> But I've been disturbed by lack of advancement in CL in general...

> And I'd like to see a number of other things that others have 
> mentioned/requested over the years.

Me too!  While I love the command definition concept (and have often
wondered why more people don't take advantage of it), it *could* be so
much better.

> I've understood why IBM resists advancing CL in such ways, but that doesn't 
> reduce frustration. 

You've got one up on me.  I don't understand it.  There are some
things which, from the outside looking in anyway, would seemingly be
both simple to implement and have no backward compatibility issues.

But I've pretty much given up on the idea we'll ever see enhancements
made.  Though I once said that about some of the stuff recently added
to CL too.  So I'd love to be proved wrong...

Doug