On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 3:50 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would consider JES3 superior to JES2, but such questions rarely have a > consensus answer. > > Is TSO really considered by all to be better than CMS? Is REXX really > considered by all to be better than Perl? Is P/I really considered by all > to be superior to C? I couldn't even get consensus on C versus C++, and > they are at least similar. > No way. I adored CMS compared to TSO. And this was in the 1980s time frame. PERL VS. REXX? As it now stands on z/OS, REXX is better due to its superior interface with TSO and other systems such as ISPF, SDSF, et alias. Given than IBM has "outsourced" PERL to RocketSoftware, I don't know how viable PERL really is in z/OS. This is not a knock on Rocket, I think they did a good job porting PERL (and Python). But keeping up with the advances with FOSS languages such as PERL, Python, Ruby, ... is very time and resource intensive. I don't really expect Rocket to keep up with the changes. And then there is CPAN with a lot of PERL routines, some of which can't run on z/OS, as is, due to C routines which would need to be ported. As you often say "I hate EBCDIC!" But given what I read about IBM supporting the running of "most" z/Linux Docker images under z/OS, this may be a way to get on the FOSS bandwagon if it is done well. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > -- I just burned 2000 calories! That's the last time I'll nap with brownies in the oven. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
