jcl is like a complier....?
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Answer / venkat
No. JCL is like a carrier between the OS and our
application.
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Answer / muttaiah
I can say "JCL is a compiler" since we use JCL to compile
the programs written in Cobol, PL1/ Assembler.
Since JCL acts as an intermediate between OS and
Application program most of them say as interpreter..
You can add the above stmts while answering.
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Answer / srk
the mainframe operating systems identifies the resources that are needed for the execution of a program through the jcl statements.
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Answer / guest
no jcl is not a compiler but a job control language. it is
used for just submitting the program that you write in
cobol or any other language.
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Answer / narendra
no it is just like a mediator to transform jobs to os and
which jobs or executed
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