Alan Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm in the market for a TSO/REXX book to accompany and improve on the IBM >manuals. A search of Amazon shows:
>Rexx Programmer Reference by Howard Fosdick >Programming in Rexx by Charles Daney >The Rexx Language by Michael Cowlishaw >Practical Usage of TSO Rexx by Anthony Rudd >Rexx in the TSO Environment by Gabriel Garguilo >Any opinions on the relative merits of these books? I'm looking for >expanded explanations of functions, lots of examples, coding >recommendations, etc. >Perhaps there are other good references that Amazon doesn't carry. I'll >accept those suggestions also. As others have suggested, the Cowlishaw book is good. Daney's isn't bad either. Kilowatt has a decent tutorial online at http://www.kilowattsoftware.com/tutorial/rexx/ as well. It's been a loooong time (like 20+ years) since I learned Rexx back in the VM/SP Release 3 days, but I recall the VM Rexx User's Guide being excellent: it was a 3-pass manual: you built on your knowledge with each pass. I don't know if the TSO book is the same, but if not, and if you haven't seen it, check it out. You did say "improve on the IBM manuals", so maybe you've already done this. Finally, I have to put in a plug for The Rexx Handbook, an out-of-print volume in the McGraw-Hill Ranade series that I co-edited with Gabe Goldberg. With chapters from a couple of dozen authors, this book gives Rexx comprehensive coverage, including topics such as programming style and performance. You can find it on most used book sites (alibris, bookfind, abebooks, et al.). HTH ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
