Re: REXX? (was: PL/I Visibility)

Vern,

Actually, I've no problem with REXX..it's just a matter of time...  I DID
manage to pickup the big yellow manual for $5 at a used book
sale...current edition...they didn't know what they had:) ...

Heck, at one time I could talk several dialects of BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL,
PL/I, ALGOL, BAL (HP, IBM, 8008-Z-8000), SPL, MI, 
RPG(I,II,III,IV,400,...), JCL, CPF, APL(Talk about PAIN!)...  So, learning
another language is not really a problem...  Heck, wish I could REMEMBER
all the stuff I've used in the past and haven't used in a while....

Anyone remember the M register???  :)

Don

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Vern Hamberg wrote:

> Don
> 
> At 05:46 PM 11/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >I think so...I'm not a REXX'er...hunt for the CRTREXPGM and see what ya
> >get....
> 
> Oh, you should be!  :^)
> 
> Seriously, REXX is positioned as a substitute/extension of CL. It's
> structured and has tremendous text-handling functions. Data typing is
> automatic by context, which has its good & bad points, of course. It _is_
> ubiquitous on IBM platforms. Associative arrays (indexed by names, not just
> numbers) are possible—something like PERL.
> 
> You don't create a REXX program. It's actually interpreted, although there
> is some optimization done if your source member type is REXX—byte-code kind
> of thing, I think. You use the STRREXPRC command, or you specify the source
> member when creating a command, with CPP of *REXX.
> 
> I like it. It's the best thing for certain tasks, especially text-related.
> 
> Long live the KINGG!
> 
> Vernon Hamberg
> Systems Software Programmer
> Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
> 400 Second Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN 55401
> (612) 371-1111 x480
> 
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