IBM Mainframe Forum

what is the difference between Batch and CICS

CICS is a transaction processing system and hence is oriented towards small amounts of data, typically a screen (or few screens). CICS programs usually present data and wait for user interaction before continuing. Batch programs handle massive amounts of data (sometimes millions of records) without any user interaction.

Can't this utter dimwit be banned?

Nothing to do with Cobol. Moving to a more appropriate part of the forum.
(Prino - I think he was - under a slightly different user id - with this one he hasn't been quite so silly - but still does not do his homework before posting }