I'm becoming quite conversant with JavaScript in Firefox, Chrome, and I.E. . Especially to implement some AJAX scripts which do reports on events reported via the z/OS HTTP server into z/OS UNIX syslogd log files. I've written a web based "RACF User Administration" system using AJAX for the security admins (us and Production Control. We're too small for a separate set of z/OS RACF admins). I also use AJAX in my "Mainframe Password Reset Self Service" web page as well.
I don't remember who, but one kind soul sent me a z/OS implementation of lua. I've installed it, but have not learned lua yet. On Linux, I tend to use either simple BASH or Perl scripts. I've got a book on Node.JS to run JavaScript scripts, but haven't had time to read it. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:15 AM, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: > On 28/06/2013 9:52 PM, John McKown wrote: > >> Never put off till run-time what you can do at compile-time. -- D. Gries >> >> > Careful! There are quite a few assembler programmers frequent this list! > > However, it does seem that the hipsters are writing code in dynamically > typed languages these days. Maybe speed of development is more important > than static typing to the unwashed masses. > I'm a big fan of duck typing. Very powerful concept that the value carries > the type and not the variable. I love programming in modern scripting > languages. Not only are they fast > (I've got lua zlib script that can compress a data set faster and with > better compression ratios than TRSMAIN) they are also easy to learn and > have wonderful expression. > Closures, functional programming, loads of useful libraries and huge > communities that contribute great code. Just browse github - a treasure > trove of delights. > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
