From IBM's terminology website: Restructured Extended Executor The i5/OS implementation of the Systems Application Architecture Procedures Language. REXX is a programming language that is supported by an interpreter provided as part of the i5/OS licensed program. A general-purpose, high-level programming language, particularly suitable for EXEC procedures or programs for personal computing. They consider REXX a language
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 24, 2012, at 1:11 PM, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> wrote: > I usually say script because of use of "shell script" in UNIX. For REXX, I > often say "REXX program". What I really hate is "REXX clist". Which is it, > REXX or CLIST? On VM, I guess REXX exec could also give rise to "REXX" or > "EXEC" ("EXEC" being conceptually similar to CLIST in this context). > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * 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 > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of John Gilmore >> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:49 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: "execs" or "scripts" >> >> Your bad it may be, but I cannot refrain from noting that, while I too >> prefer 'script' to 'exec', even 'exec' is better than talking/writing >> about 'a REXX' or REXXs'; and this subliterate usage appears to be >> spreading: we have far too much of it on IBM-MAIN. >> >> --jg >> >> On 8/24/12, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> [email protected] (zMan) writes: >>>> Relevance? >>> >>> my bad, thread in comp.lang.rexx that went to wrong place >>> >>> -- >>> virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since >> Mar1970 >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM- >> MAIN >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
