I would guess that the usage goes back to CP-67. The filetype EXEC could contain EXEC, EXEC 2 or REXX code, depending on the first line.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of David Spiegel [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 7:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX") Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH, I've been hearing "an Exec" (referring to VM) since 1982. One has to keep in mind, however, that "an Exec" was also used for EXEC and EXEC2. Regards, David On 2022-06-08 06:58, Seymour J Metz wrote: > While I cringe at "a REXX" or "a software", "an EXEC" doesn't bother me. I'm > not sure why. > > Saying "a CLIST" is perfectly reasonable if you know that the name refers too > a command list. > > Does anybody in VM land say "a REXX"? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F~smetz3&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C46e580ac2bb64b7bdda408da493ef414%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637902831976070308%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BOksZjhIaVg3OJ%2BPLW24jQg00WN%2FO0VM9LmTrjebqSk%3D&reserved=0 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > Gord Tomlin [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 6:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX") > > On 2022-06-07 17:58 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: >> Rexx came to TSO and people there often say “A Rexx” > Whether it's right or wrong, it drives me nuts. Nobody says "a bash", "a > PowerShell", "a Java", "a C++", etc. To be fair people did say "a > CLIST", and when they replaced CLIST [programs] with Rexx [programs] it > was probably logical to them to replace the word they used to describe > them at the same time. > > A related pet peeve: "a software". Nobody but nobody says "a hardware". > > -- > > Regards, Gord Tomlin > Action Software International > (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) > Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > Support: > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure-web.cisco.com%2F12cFUegzU4z9YC5j4Br76SN5xs1f7CFqCVkf-36tieNhRuKxonZa1BcozIBkvIFXBmnsevUQGaB4mV4lMwpuVJNNTU-hYri05sCYWqAwf0TuOl-0q_bk3IyeP787fMj2Z-5z_5HQCy3Xu9kc17zK_GOBGZMHT5F_a1B1NlwbvHrK8tG69i_Hy0n1r4uU8Sgz_bOvBWMDqLrFRRGmKn3tAxjcidP94cVlWE4awLT5qopqleVkLCef2vrkAuD6rzEk-uBlGaiseiY5AHcxOZkBDVwT-b5vr8hvKDNWPdNtulzYj6o98vUhLTh2mYlXjzO3rpjAnJMPdKgdyAw-3rQdI4lAKYZHXQnEJJM5BXvv5z0jWpieClGs_t43wy5tcHliU7JCUjhxnz9YBQr0aAJeGOLDNQ5kKCb6o6NLaEGKeoHtxILiaNP1xWzBBXWDAPHzo%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Factionsoftware.com%252Fsupport%252F&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C46e580ac2bb64b7bdda408da493ef414%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637902831976070308%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8GX%2BqWH2X8cIbifDduE6KSxsvLK0ojIpNjNA6CQXdBs%3D&reserved=0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
