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Re: RXSOCK

I suspect that REXX would not be simple. As far as I know, there's no internal Sockets stuff. The last reference manual is from 1997. I'd say little further development is being done on REXX. It is still basically the original very good, datatype-less, text handler. There is also some performance trouble - it goes through a couple layers and is not good for really fast stuff.

Have you been to InfoCenter? The Reference and Programmer's Guide are there, under Programming->REXX.

You can call any CL program. Variables are shared between the REXX environment and the CL environment through a REXX variable pool. There are CL commands for reading from and writing to this pool.

If there's more for REXX in the AIX world, it might be possible to use it in PASE. (This is a remote possibility, I think.)

There's good Sockets support on the 400 natively. Some others on the group have written a number of utilities. Also, look at the FAQ on this list's website. This can be done in RPGLE, as well as C or C++. If you know Sockets, look at the Sockets API reference (also on InfoCenter, Programming->APIs). The sockets APIs are in the UNIX-Type APIs manual.

HTH

Vern

At 03:42 PM 3/15/2003 +0100, you wrote: 
Hi,
I'm facing a small development project, and I'm looking for the right
tool. REXX would be perfect but I don't kow wheter it can speak TCP/IP on
the 400. Used RXSOCK for that purpose on Linux, and I know it's
available on other platforms too (OS/2, Windows, VM etc.) but never heard a
REXX/400 version. Does it exist? Is there other way to use TCP/IP from
REXX/400?

TIA,

Benjamin Budai


Btw: What is the development status of REXX/400?



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