Thanks a lot John. I''ll have a look at them.
On 13 October 2010 13:38, John P Kalinich <jkali...@csc.com> wrote: > You can start with the IBM manual, z/OS TSO/E REXX User's Guide. If you > want a text book there is "The Rexx Language, A Practical Approach to > Programming" by Mike Cowlishaw, who wrote the Rexx language. I would also > join the TSO-REXX listserv so that you can ask questions to the group. > > Regards, > John K > > > > From: John Blythe Reid <johnblyther...@gmail.com> > > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > Date: 10/13/2010 03:35 AM > > Subject: Re: Sample code to read a PDS member using BPAM > > > > > > > The program will only be run when there are changes to DBDs so it > won't be more than a few times a month. Even though it was nice to > have a bit of BPAM practice in assembler I can see that this sort of > thing would be far better written in REXX. One problem I have is that > I don't know REXX, something I would rather like to remedy. Can anyone > recommend a book on REXX in the z/OS environment ? > > Thanks, > > Bye for now, > John. > > > > On 1 October 2010 16:39, McKown, John <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> > wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List >>> [mailto:assembler-l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant >>> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 8:56 AM >>> To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >>> Subject: Re: Sample code to read a PDS member using BPAM >>> >>> On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:37:48 -0400, Steve Smith wrote: >>> >> >>> >I don't think all that dynamic allocation would be simpler than using >>> >BPAM. >>> >>> It would if you use BPXWDYN. >>> >>> -- >>> Tom Marchant >> >> BPAM would be far more efficient in CPU and I/O. So it is ease of coding > vs. cost of running analysis. If this is run 100s of times a day, then I'd > go with BPAM. If it is run once a month, who cares? But it seems silly, to > me, to design HLASM code in a CPU inefficient way. If CPU doesn't matter, > use REXX. Or a UNIX shell script. >> >> -- >> John McKown >> Systems Engineer IV >> IT >> >> Administrative Services Group >> >> HealthMarkets(r) >> >> 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 >> (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell >> john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM >> >
