The IBM i Control Language, or CL, is the human interface to one of the most successful computing platforms ever. Mastery of this language is necessary to get the greatest benefit from the IBM i server. This book helps programmers and system administrators using IBM i get the most out of the platform by writing useful CL programs. This new edition has been updated for IBM i 7.3 and includes new built-in functions, new data types, and new support for SQL. Upon completion of the book, reader...

Updated with the latest innovations to this quintessential programming language, the new edition of this comprehensive resource to Command Language (CL) covers all aspects of the language from basics to advanced topics. New functions have been added to CL by IBM and this manual provides detailed coverage on topics such as the INCLUDE command, new constants, overlaid variables, pointers and based variables, the Power System, and the new operating system IBM i. There is now a section on prog...

From the basics of programming in the Qshell on iSeries to complete coverage of previously undocumented topics, programmers will not only learn the Qshell more easily than they can with the Qshell manual from IBM, they will also learn practical applications of using the Qshell effectively. Written for users who are more comfortable with DDS, CL, and RPG as well as those using modern languages such as C and Java, this book allows those who are unfamiliar with Unix to easily learn this techn...

This comprehensive, 35-chapter book is the ultimate resource and a "must-have" for every professional working with the i5/iSeries. It is perfect for novice and intermediate programmers as well as for system administrators and operators. In simple, straightforward style, the authors explain core i5/iSeries concepts and show you step by step how to perform a wide variety of essential functions.The book includes sections on installation, operations, administration, system architecture,...

First published in 1983, this books aims to guide Wordsworth students through his difficult masterpiece by reading it in continuous sequence and making its sense emerge. The special value of this commentary is that it explains the structure of The Prelude by encouraging study of the poem as a continuous whole rather than selectively looking at individual sections — an approach that has typified modern criticism of the work. This depends upon a close attention to the careful arrang...

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy.The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic champion Andrew Jackson. Van Buren, a native Dutch speaker, was America's first ethnic president as well as the first New Yorker to hold the office, at a time when Manhattan was b...

James Beard Award–winning journalists expose food industry secrets in "the Kitchen Confidential of the big-ticket catering world" ( New York Times).Hotbox reveals the real-life drama behind cavernous event spaces and soaring white tents, where cooking conditions have more in common with a mobile army hospital than a restaurant. Award-winning food writers the Lee brothers steeped themselves in the catering business for four years, learning ...

A scientist's discovery puts him the crosshairs of dangerous people determined to silence him—and his findings—in this hard science fiction thriller."A high-speed thriller. . . . The pages turn rapidly with well-orchestrated suspense." — New York TimesA quantum physicist shocks the world with a startling experiment, igniting a struggle between science and theology, free will and fate, and antagonizing forces not kn...

Ted Kosmatka's sensational new thriller, Prophet of Bones, thrusts readers into an alternate present.Paul Carlson, a brilliant young scientist, is summoned from his laboratory job to the remote Indonesian island of Flores to collect DNA samples from the ancient bones of a strange, new species of tool user unearthed by an archaeological dig. The questions the find raises seem to cast doubt on the very foundations of modern science, which has proven the world to be only 5,800...

A fictional re-creation of the turbulent courtship, marriage, and separation of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.In intense, dramatic prose, Emma Tennant unfolds a story of passion, conflict, and betrayal. Creating a series of unforgettable images she reconstructs the twentieth century's most famous literary love affair and the tempestuous triangle between Hughes, Plath, and Assia Wevill. Filled with mounting suspense and lurking danger, Sylvia and Ted is a tale that culminates in ...

Nebula award-nominated author Ted Kosmatka's latest novel is The Flicker Men: a gripping tale about the struggle between science and theology, free will and fate.Research scientist Eric Argus has four months to prove himself during a probationary period with Hansen Research. Haunted by his past and struggling with alcohol abuse, he is certain that he will squander this opportunity. That is until a mysterious crate from a now-defunct laboratory arrives at his office. The co...