Answer / venkat

No. JCL is like a carrier between the OS and our
application.

Answer / tt

Yes, but not a translator. JCL is like an interpreter.

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.

Answer / srk

the mainframe operating systems identifies the resources that are needed for the execution of a program through the jcl statements.

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.

Answer / narendra

no it is just like a mediator to transform jobs to os and
which jobs or executed

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