Just FYI, if anyone doesn't know, the person who wrote this article is an IBM employee, with almost 37 years with them. He is on LinkedIn at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdegilio/ Regards, Mark Regan, K8MTR, EN80tg CTO1 USNR-Retired (1969-1979 active; 1979-1991, reserves; including two years with the Ohio Air National Guard) Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 (z/OS Network Software Consultant) Email: marktre...@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-t-regan On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 11:41 AM Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 14:29:26 +0000, Colin Paice wrote: > > >Does Python have to run in Unix services? > > > Does ISPF have to run in TSO? > > Does a bear have to ...? > > What's a "scripting" language? < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language> > A scripting language or script language is a programming language > for a runtime system that automates the execution of tasks that would > otherwise be performed individually by a human operator. > > I think of the difference between a novel and a theatrical script. > The former is a work of literary art; the latter a list of instructions > for performers > to present a dramatic work. > > Which languages primarily perform computations; which primarily control > facilities of the underlying OS. > > Many articles stress the distinction between interpreted and compiled > languages. I consider that an insignificant implementation detaiil > > >It should be possible to write some glue code so you can do things like > >"ADDRESS LINKMVS ..." a > > > I forgot LINKMVS in my rhetoric below. Writing the glue is not trivial. > > > ... nd other facilities from Python. > >I use both languages - for me it is horses for courses. > > > >On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 at 14:23, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 08:32:11 -0500, Mark Regan wrote: > >> > > >> > https://medium.com/theropod/top-8-reasons-for-using-python-instead-of-rexx-for-z-os-a6b67f8210a6 > >> > > >> Does it support ADDRESS SYSCALL? > >> > >> Does it support ADDRESS ISREDIT? > >> > >> Does it support ADDRESS ISPF? > >> > >> Does it provide alternatives for many constructs where Rexx uses > compound > >> symbols? Not merely associative arrays but also related OS interfaces > such > >> as OUTTRAP? > >> > >> Does it support regular expressions? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
