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-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of David Crayford [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Some questions on SYSCALL On 29/06/2022 10:48 pm, Seymour J Metz wrote: > 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". You really are a huge twat. Why don't you just bugger off. You won't be missed. > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > David Crayford <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 8:06 AM > To: [email protected] > 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%2Fhttp://secure-web.cisco.com/1qQ0MuJfNqrkRhOtGFcMKOtFazYWx7fAJOIelCox5gpxgljjeHgBBFDhi_2awOvz96l5d7fMChhY4Zux3tenTbZI1tdIvk-5pq-W2I2zK3mR6mHoKI2bKjTiCRoIqZX-br_RBMadMLiElQGzvv3VdhyAjhI15GaifXa2YIipEoJshptu8AYmkrL8QWaLXjmLhc8JocTQXzymDOU7Qa9dnn3WkXNPhtWIpHMAcrUsOWSHEArqXgzTOdyz1UcPfrPssf4hgvoH-vXWKAWt6Qh5yyVbt_tVb0sOOSaW1Q7iwpBAOkKtIOgb3ZIjg8kwQFsdBFyvytkQrLUB7HzsjqstgX0v66mrac3XmeZt-x57MV6YDhIhNxe_Og1iwJ_4d4h4VZKZFbKXMh7yMpICudXzRZJAwIKoud_Eupv_kHiUoyULozJa7RboKVs0ZjW5ZVkQp/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 [[email protected]] on behalf of >> David Crayford [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 11:31 PM >> To: [email protected] >> 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 [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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
