Yeah, and a lot of people have been saying that for years, but nobody with z/os skills has ever put any real effort into working on a port. Without that, it's never going to happen.
Rick On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Earl Hodil <[email protected]> wrote: > My bad. I misinterpreted what I read. > > I still think it would be killer on z/os, though. > > earl > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick McGuire" <[email protected]> > To: "Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] oorexx on z/os? > > > 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 >> Open Software Technologies >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus >> on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
