Re: About Python Was: CL/REXX Was: valid 5250 character set

Hello John,

Am 02.06.2022 um 09:41 schrieb John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>:

There was already a port of Python to that environment.

I've seen, yes. 2.something.

But it was severely hampered by the inability to use much of the Python ecosystem, which is arguably the real strength of Python.

What exactly do you mean? Pip & Co? To me, this is a security nightmare. Something else to check regularly for updates. One of the main reasons I prefer the matured Perl environment over the still relatively new Python: Almost all modules have been packaged to rpm/deb by the distribution makers so they're kept up to date "automatically".

Or do I miss some important point here?

For administrative scripts, the plain Python language is already more than capable enough, but there is still the issue that it doesn't have a mechanism for output parameters, so in that regard, it's no benefit for Python to live in the QSYS.LIB environment.

What exactly are "output parameters"? Are you talking about stdin/stdout? AFAIK easily overwritten by OVRDBF, just like with FTP scripting.

Or do I miss some important point here?

:wq! PoC