> Similarly, I'd like to have easy access to ISPF without any TSO > involvement, and without allocating a bunch of DDNAMEs.
What's wrong with batch TMP? CMS? > Rexx lacks: > o Ability to invoke a mixture of authorized and non-authorized programs from > the same script. Maybe in IRXJCL et al, but not in TSO. > Any additions to the list? REXX, as opposed to OREXX, only has call by value. REXX exception handling is clumsy REXX, as opposed to OREXX, lacks OO facilities. REXX, as opposed to OREXX, lacks arrays and iteration over arrays, although compound variable pick up some of the slack. REXX lacks regexen and the regexen in OOREX V5 are fairly basic. However, there is PCRE. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: AWK ? - Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 15:28:09 +0000, Nash, Jonathan S. wrote: > >Id rather have easy access to AWK than python :-) > I've never found it difficult to access awk. >On the zos side without any USS involvement.. > Similarly, I'd like to have easy access to ISPF without any TSO involvement, and without allocating a bunch of DDNAMEs. >> Interestingly, as a Rexx fan, I tried people to move from JCL to Rexx > Rexx lacks: o Ability to invoke a mixture of authorized and non-authorized programs from the same script. o Ability to ENQ multiple DSNs in an atomic operation, avoiding deadlock. Any suggested mitigations? Any additions to the list? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
