Re: [IBMiOSS] OPS Version Information

I think there's a lot to like about REXX - associative arrays (like PERL, I think), no data typing, marvelous for working with strings, part of the OS since forever, can be set as a command-processing program, and command parameters are SO easily parsed.

REXX on IBM i has not been changed for years - there are other flavors out there, seems there are some that could run in PASE. There is an ObjectREXX that I've seen and not tried.

REXX itself is basically and IBM thing - written by an IBMer named Cowlishaw, I think maybe at the Hursley lab in England. It gets a pretty good amount of use on mainframes, IIRC.

Just my 2-pence-worth on a THursday!

Vern

On 10/20/2016 6:46 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Surely Rexx doesn’t require anything though Aaron? - I have always been
surprised that it is not used more for work like this. For production stuff
it can be a bit slow - but for installs and tools - more than good enough.


Jon Paris

​True that Rexx could probably work out of the box (though I am not sure if
it comes with the OS by default). These days I approach language selection
more like a manager than a language-lover. Specifically, I look for
languages that I believe are a good investment. Rexx seems like a poor
investment.​

Aaron Bartell
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