For a manager to insist that every program should be written in ReXX is a little like a conductor insisting that everyone in the orchestra should be playing a trombone.
-- Tom Marchant On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:27:28 -0500, John McKown wrote: >This is just for discussion. I am seemingly one of few z/OS sysprogs (et >al.) who view UNIX services as just another set of tools in the box, along >with the "legacy" z/OS tools. E.g. I am just as willing to use "awk" for >something as REXX. But I've noticed that many, my manager included, who >basically avoid any programming other than REXX, and then only "TSO" REXX. >Even when I use UNIX for an "ad hoc" report for myself, my manager is >"unhappy" with it and asks why I don't just use REXX. Why don't I? Well, >for one thing, I like and use Extended Regular Expressions. Oh, wait, those >are evil too. It's just mildly irritating to be shackled to "how I do it". >It's the same attitude that the CIO has -- he doesn't understand z/OS, >doesn't want to learn z/OS, and so z/OS must be eliminated for efficiency >reasons. > >I am so glad that my time is short. I don't know how short, but I'm sure >that the new company will RIF me in less than 2 years. Because it's >efficient and cost effective. > >-- >Money is the root of all evil. >Evil is the root of all money. >With that in mind, money is made by the government ... > > >Maranatha! <>< >John McKown > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
