Not true. The I/O steam was available as a download for Z/OS, and it was included in the Rexx/MVS compiler.
Bruce On Nov 19, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Chip Davis wrote: > Not to put too fine a point on it, but we were never even able to > get IBM to > port Classic Stream I/O to the z/OS. > > -Chip- > > On 11/19/09 20:04 Earl Hodil said: >> Here's a stupid question: Why doesn't IBM do the port? >> >> Earl >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick McGuire" <[email protected]> >> To: "Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] oorexx on z/os? >> >> >> 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. 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