Shmuel, Parsing for me is not an issue. I understand it's not 'NIX' like, but if you understand the language you craft your programs or scripts to perform what you want. After using Rexx since VM/SP up through Object Rexx, it's ain't rocket science to me . Buts that's my understanding and my approach.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:29 AM, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" <[email protected]> wrote: > In <[email protected]>, on > 08/27/2012 > at 09:03 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> said: > >> But the bare word handling is treacherous, > > Indeed; there is a contingent that advocate always having NOVALUE > active. But I find that the usefulness is enough to justify the risk. > >> It would be precious if Rexx supported expressions in compound tails > > See the VALUE() function. Or use OOREXX[1]. > > [1] I wish that there were ports for CMS and TSO. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
