That looks more like a program number than an FMID. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of David Crayford <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 7:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions
Hi Rene, Rocket's Python is dead. It was effectively killed as soon as IBM released IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Python. IBMs Python can be ordered on Shopz and installed as part of ServerPac or CBPDO. You can optionally install it using a pax file if you're kicking tires but almost everybody will use SMP/E. IBM releases PTFs quite frequently, usually patching security vulnerabilities and keep the Python versions bang up to date. It's a supported product with an FMID 5655-PYT. It's a bit like Java so you can pre-req it as IBM do for their products that are dependent on Python. You can throw Golang and Node.js into the mix as well https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fcommon%2Fssi%2FShowDoc.wss%3FdocURL%3D%2Fcommon%2Fssi%2Frep_sm%2Ft%2F760%2FENUS5655-PYT%2Findex.html%26lang%3Den%26request_locale%3Den&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C511dcb4975cd4a01627d08da5442780d%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637914941709748295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NPm8dGD43sc61%2F2hl6zpSm88QpqU4if2k3lN7ScjRGI%3D&reserved=0 I don't share you pessimism about the young girls and boys. All the young guys I work with are technically superb and extremely diligent. On 22/06/2022 5:52 pm, René Jansen wrote: > Hi David, > > You did that to yourself; by going off into a discussion with Charles about > his use of Rexx and assembler. Your company website says it best: "friendly > for programmers who lack conventional mainframe language skills” > (https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rocketsoftware.com%2Fplatforms%2Fibm-z%2Fpython-for-zos&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C511dcb4975cd4a01627d08da5442780d%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637914941709748295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FZ2YZSDuO2Fo3CUdb4%2FobC9R7tRb1hjWT0NFWi7z%2B8g%3D&reserved=0). > > However interesting this modernising is, there is no standard python > installation on our customers’ systems. There is an IBM port and a Rocket > port, they are different and for most mainframe personnel installing > something by themselves is a sure way to be fired from the job. There is an > enormous installed base of older technology and it is not going away. All the > disasters I witness, are caused by young boys and girls that have been let > loose in an environment that they pretend to know, with tools that react > slightly different. All of them are grateful when shown how it is done. > > Best regards, > > René. > >> On 21 Jun 2022, at 15:35, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't want to get into another ping pong debate over REXX. Everyone knows >> my opinion by now. >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
