I'm not aware of anybody getting oorexx to run on z/os.  It does run
on z/linux, but that's a horse of a different color.

Rick

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Earl Hodil
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I had occasion this past year to convert a classic REXX program that ran on
> z/os to an oorexx program that ran on linux for one of my customers. Most
> things converted just fine. The work centered around the I/O interfaces,
> sockets and files. The sockets weren't too bad, but there are some
> differences. The files, though, required a wholesale rewrite.
>
> Now I have sniffed around the archives enough to know that somebody has
> oorexx up and running on z/os. I suspect that it is entirely a creature of
> the unix side of the house. Is there any thought to making oorexx the
> default interpreter on z/os? I know that right now it would break a lot of
> programs, and not just because of EXECIO. I have a product, REXXTOOLS/MVS
> that is pretty widespread and would need to be accounted for.
>
> I just wanted you to know that I stand ready to help in any way that I can.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Earl Hodil
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