On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:27:06 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>On Thursday, 04/12/2007 at 02:48 EST, Bob Heerdink ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We just upgraded to Z/VM 5.2 last year, so why is Rexx so old? > >Because our customers are not agitating us to upgrade Rexx; not providin g >descriptions of how their businesses are adversely affected by the lack of ><insert function here>. > >I would guess the vast majority find the current level of Rexx "good >enough". > >Alan Altmark >z/VM Development >IBM Endicott >======================== ========================= ======================== I did ask once on this(?) forum if there was interest. No response. The two ANSI REXX functions that are missing are CHANGESTR and COUNTSTR. I coded up my own versions of both, and you can too. Another new capability is the ability to capture the output from commands. But we have Pipelines for that. I'd be interested in what capabilites of REXX you think are missing. Someone ported REGINA REXX to OpenEdition. I haven't heard much about anyone using it though; I never have. REGINA REXX claims to be fully ANSI REXX compliant.
