You will not get any argument from me about GIMAPI being "REXX Hostile," but that is why I mentioned the CBTTAPE, I believe more than one person has created the interface between REXX and GIMAPI, to let REXX work with it.
Al Nims UFIT University of Florida (352) 273-1298 @Home -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2017 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to find the Global zone names in SMP/E via REXX On 2017-08-08, at 11:01, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > It is documented in "SA23-2276-02 SMP/E for z/OS Reference" look for GIMAPI, > on the CBTTAPE are some routines that provide an interface between REXX and > GIMAPI. > I don't consider GIMAPI a Rexx API; it's Rexx-hostile. It requires that the caller supply pointers in argument blocks, and pointers are not a capability of Rexx. So an interface to the interface is necessary. ICSF did far better with its API -- its arguments are Rexx-friendly without being Rexx-peculiar. It's a pity that the designers of GIMAPI lacked such foresight. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
