Glenn Cole writes:

<<I've come across some jobs here that contain something like

        !STREAMX job2
        parm1
        ...
        parmN
        !...

where the number of parms is non-trivial (in this case, over 20), and are
in response to ::input...;prompt statements in job2. Many times, these are
"yes/no" types of questions.>>
                                               ^^^^
In response to job2 or job1?  It's not clear to me why you need two jobs. 
 You could always put the !JOB statements after the ::input;prompt 
statements:

::echo You will be prompted for the following....
::prompt/input parm1 &
:: check ....
!JOB ....
{parm1}
!EOJ

Carl Hughes