Have you stopped beating your wife? There is no agreement of what is a better language, much less a description of the context in which to evaluate "better".
________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 8:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Some questions on SYSCALL On 29/06/2022 6:37 pm, Seymour J Metz wrote: > Sme, but manageable. The article Safe REXX at > <http://secure-web.cisco.com/18tXxLjz2q-nDjE3Fk3aQsvRJpFcP22D9GKeoWSbitPmfcGAttYHjb-kP18U8Ikl-aTGx-pwraxaebV32MLF29JU1T5PHRSawvmtcOGrlNGx7qinsWE4REjw9lBM0v-qPHaExEKTjFI5whqyzgNqyyP8lJXknHgVjB9cG81on4LMjV-ujVAqpW3I-PSQoBgSx1-68Dt9t0tiiiZC2mDbYmhMIfA34222KIpNnr3jIWqO2GmhJvocQ6YsZ4LFzMypLVDsEzR1jq2yHlrf-j3yNYMBOBBgbawlGvlwTlhcDmyj5VUWQPczUZkWLHAwKtz8DidQWTRQb3gMsJzKiE-WSx1GWdm6Q0IiDjs2_Omg4xTOuCBtUymaNKzQUCYdHr65JzHggOCeIsQlhDwHMCl30Fku0q_ApFl2GTV8nFoXiCad0H0PKU9S6UZqHhGLy0ZqE/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rexxla.org%2FNewsletter%2F9812safe.html> > and > <http://secure-web.cisco.com/1YOkF0HmSXzgkUjFJmn8yFhg2L09HrpgS0qAPaRvAUGL9PH3DMRW9K45clWzrW3ewTanQwrdKON0NcKzVyqjLzs0d5niuN5Wj3Wz8MHU971Gj4znrgmAATcjrWFQuA1kJt6A09GQttX8NMkRBn485myf2jYTkMEdH4Wi8xuhHqRIh3-zivudzlZAe3urnn9HJS_dAirVPwjrWMdNZKY23K2d0i77HzCdFFa2Bomro21ICQV5LodBCmW7FVOYvTEK9Mt6MKlkVZxG9bwOvl_233vbJ1fMWIxmy9wqXSdyBfeiAbPJI3BDNK-pVkTQXi1u435aytEI2WvKF5emDChP3q5DKBhScFJ5oDZeN8lMrLcbd4hAcHY! nrtSS_rhn5jeu2S3924pgQlUz_wRvRDI4Yo6x5c15qLVoxg18D_XjKAA_W9IwcaxWHhc_lIcXL81Pt/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rexxla.org%2FNewsletter%2F9901safe.html"> has some tips on avoiding REXX pitfalls. What's the point in managing something when you can just use a better language? It's a good time to be working on z/OS as we have an abundance of choice. That's not entirely obvious on this forum where every problem seems to be met with a ham-fisted REXX solution. Yes, Crayford's bashing REXX again. I have some experience of using z/OS UNIX REXX services but I didn't find it productive. Maybe somebody with more knowledge than me could post a snippet that demonstrates how to recursively traverse a directory tree printing the entries. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 11:31 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Some questions on SYSCALL > > On 29/06/2022 5:42 am, Charles Mills wrote: >> "write" fd "buf" >> >> Which makes no sense to me at all. fd is passed by value but "buf" by name? > It's horribly inconsistent and unpleasant to use. The buffer HAS to be a > passed by reference (variable) as it could break REXX string length > limits or contain characters that REXX chokes on. > I can't help but think that you've made a rod for your back. REXX is > superficially simple but in my experience, which is 30 years of using > the language, it is anything but and has endless pitfalls. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
