Dave, Rexx already does support VSAM, though not natively with EXECIO. See RXVSAM here:
http://rxvsam.sourceforge.net/ Or the version on CBT in file 268. HTH Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 8:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EXECIO - Was: Great quote on http://slashdot.org (changes frequently) On 29/06/2013 6:39 PM, Martin Packer wrote: > 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. That's fab! when will it support VSAM? > 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: [email protected] > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > Blog: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker > > > > From: Shane Ginnane <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 06/29/2013 03:00 AM > Subject: Re: Great quote on http://slashdot.org (changes > frequently) > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > 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 ... -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
