OK, I'll bite - what is STTEAM? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What does CLIST have that REXX doesn't? (was Interpret or Value - Which is better?)
1. Built in functions - REXX has some but not all 2. CLOSFILE -use EXCIO or STTEAM 3 Control Variables 4. CONTROL 5. DATA 6. DATA PROMPT 7. GETFILE -use EXCIO or STTEAM 8. GLOBAL 9. NGLOBAL 10. OPENFILE -use EXCIO or STTEAM 11. PROC 12. PUIFILE -use EXCIO or STTEAM 13. SYSREF 14. WRITENR - REXX has CHAROUT for OMVS but not for TSO -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!Ebr-cpPeAnfNniQ8HSAI-g_K5b7VKg!eDDIggvH-6qH69ujBR7o4wFRe3J1VgISZiTqBa6heqeXyv3htaPyO4vt5-RMO9Ib9roNeQ$ ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Bob Bridges [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: What does CLIST have that REXX doesn't? (was Interpret or Value - Which is better?) I can think of three features off-hand: CLIST's PROC statement, of course, offering some convenient ways of interpreting arguments. I've gotten used to doing without it, parsing one word at a time and interpreting it in context with or without argument names (ie "NAME(VALUE)"). In fact that enables me to have multiple arguments without the user having to remember what order they come in, which I suppose is some compensation. CLIST can interact with some external programs interactively. For example, in REXX I have to put together an entire FTP session and hope it works; essentially it's a batch process, and if the password is wrong then I won't know about it until the FTP session is over. CLIST has WRITENR. That's easy enough to get around, though: I have an external REXX routine named SAYNR that receives the prompt and calls a CLIST that does the WRITENR. I suppose most of you do the same. Am I missing anything? --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. -Robert Frost */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 13:01 There are several things in CLIST that REXX doesn't have. ----- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
