+1 for taking a look at the language - in case its "party tricks" are compelling. But I wonder how many packages are written in Lua - and that's my real beef.
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: David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu, Date: 06/29/2013 03:32 AM Subject: Re: Great quote on http://slashdot.org (changes frequently) Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> On 29/06/2013, at 10:00 AM, Shane Ginnane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > 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. What you have to consider is what languages are available on z/OS. The cupboard is pretty bare other than JVM languages which don't run in the native environment. Most people consider mainframe modernisation to be replacing green screens with GUI front ends. That's all well and good but what I really yearn for are the tools that I'm used to on other platforms. I chose Lua because its easy to port and I was already using it to create cross platform mobile apps with the corona SDK. The z/OS ports of python and perl are stale. Ruby and JavaScript are difficult to port to EBCDIC. It's true that there are far too many languages to choose from. All of them have strengths and weaknesses. Although Lua is well known as a video game language and notorious for the flame/stuxnet viruses it runs brilliantly on z/OS. Its so fast my colleagues thought I was tricking them and running compiled code. Quite a popular language https://sites.google.com/site/marbux/home/where-lua-is-used > > Shane ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 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
