Re: ROSCOE tutorial needed


<docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e2ehob$23h$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <1145703087.314305.185440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sunny <sachingupta1981@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

We got a project recently which involves heavy usage of ROSCOE editor.
Nobody in our team has ever worked on ROSCOE.

Many years ago I worked for IBM and we needed to use ROSCOE due to a
farcical set of circumstances which I won't go into here... As I was the
least busy person on our team at the time (and the latest to join) I got the
job of streamlining all our standard procedures and providing ROSCOE
procedures for them. (In those days these were called ROSPROCs, but I
understand that has changed now). I was given a reference card and told to
get busy. It was fun. I had a great time (really, not being sarcastic...)
knocking up various procedures and trying them out. It was very easy and
anyone who has a knowledge of modern scripting (I didn't at that time as
there was no such thing) should have no difficulty. I think the only bit
that got a bit involved was where it interfaced to SPF screens, but even
that was straightforward after you did a couple.

ROSCOE is endearingly simple and fun to write.

A year or so later we had to move to TSO and everybody was sorry as ROSCOE
served us well.


Kind of makes me wonder

A) How someone managed to sell a team for a ROSCOE-based project which has
no ROSCOE experience.


ROSCOE is trivial.

B) How someone managed to buy a team for a ROSCOE-based project which has
no ROSCOE experience.


ROSCOE is trivial.

We have worked
extensively on TSO.


Most folks with that background will learn ROSCOE in a day by reading the
Reference card and looking at a few Procedures.

Kinda makes me wonder why someone would volunteer to work on a project
involving heavy use of a tool with which they had no experience.

Good point. These are obviously confident people... :-)

Pete.


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