Sounds to me like an argument for Perl.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: strange python announcement On 2020-03-29 7:42 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > I'm looking at Python on the Rocket site. > > Practically speaking, is Python usable from TSO or only from the UNIX command > prompt? That is USS only as it's enhanced ASCII (file tagging). You could call it from TSO using bpxwunix or something similar. >> There's no advantage to REXX anymore, as fine a language as it is. > In Rexx under TSO, I can allocate couple of datasets and then run a "legacy > MVS" (you know what I mean) program. Is that practical in Python? There is no legacy MVS data set support in Rockets Python port. There have been several internal discussions about it and it's on the radar. I don't work on ported tools so I don't know any more. > Not picking fights here -- inquiring minds just want to know. Truth is a lot of the guys using Python on z/OS don't know REXX and hardly ever login to TSO. They use a command shell, store their source code in the z/OS UNIX file system and use Git as the SCM. If they want to run a TSO command they can use the z/OS UNIX "tsocmd" command with scripting features very similar to outtrap in TSO REXX. Maybe the target audience for Python on z/OS just isn't the old guys who have used REXX for 30+ years. > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jack J. Woehr > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 7:35 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: strange python announcement > > On 3/27/20 4:28 PM, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: >> What's a nerd to do? LUA, Rexx or Python? > Python. It's moving forward, great module support, easy syntax. > > There's no advantage to REXX anymore, as fine a language as it is. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
