As EXECIO got mentioned... In the Munich System z Technical University conference 2 weeks ago Marna Walle mentioned that in z/OS 2.1 EXECIO is previewed to perform I/O to VBS (as in "Spanned" :-) ) data sets.
To me that says "SMF". And removes one "lameness" in EXECIO. It would be nice to prototype some SMF processing in REXX. On my October residency I'll have a 2.1 system so I'll actually be able to try it. (And in case you wonder, I'm not particularly a fan of REXX but I prefer it to its predecessors - on VM and MVS - and the unsupported-for-15-years product I use daily puts data in REXX stem variables...) Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Shane Ginnane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 06/29/2013 03:00 AM Subject: Re: Great quote on http://slashdot.org (changes frequently) Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:19:12 +0800, David Crayford wrote: > ...I've come to the conclusion that REXX is a dog. And seriously underpowered for modern use cases > ... Poor old EXECIO has never looked more pathetic. And I thought Dave was quicker on the up-take than that .... ;-) But his recommendation(s) need serious consideration. Lua - yet another "language" to maybe have a look at. I seem to have about half a dozen already "half-looked" at. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
