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The evolution of job control languages
Author(s) -
Barron D. W.,
Jackson I. R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380020205
Subject(s) - george (robot) , computer science , analogy , programming language , control (management) , second generation programming language , feature (linguistics) , scale (ratio) , simple (philosophy) , fifth generation programming language , third generation programming language , linguistics , artificial intelligence , natural language processing , programming paradigm , philosophy , geography , cartography , epistemology
Job control languages are a feature of any large scale operating system. This paper traces the historical development of these languages, and compares two representative examples, OS/360 JCL and GEORGE 3 command language. The paper draws an analogy between job control languages and programming languages, showing that JCL is equivalent to an assembly language, whilst GEORGE 3 command language is like a simple autocode.