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Bob Bridges wrote, in part:
>2) The ability to interact live with subsystems. In CLIST I can start an>
FTP session and interact with it, grabbing FTP's responses and de
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Subject: CLIST but not REXX
Three things:
1) As Phil says, more-or-less automatic parsing of keyword and positional
Bob Bridges wrote, in part:
>2) The ability to interact live with subsystems. In CLIST I can start an>
FTP session and interact with it, grabbing FTP's responses and deciding on>
the fly what command to issue next. In REXX I have to queue up an entire>
session, then call FTP and decide afterward
hat CLIST makes it much easier.
--- Steve Thompson wrote, in part:
>Oh, I haven't had to deal with it for a while, but as I recall there is
>a function that CLIST can do that REXX couldn't (well back in the
>1990s). I wonder if that is still true.
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OK,
OK, I'll bite - what is STTEAM?
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, September 16, 2021 8:12 PM
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Right, not quite the same thing. I mean, SAY and PULL display a prompt and
then fetch a response, alright, but they don't do it on a single
: Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:14 AM
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Which is better?)
For CLIST WRITENR why not use the REXX SAY and then PULL ?
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: Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:50 AM
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Subject: Re: What does CLIST have that REXX doesn't? (was Interpret or Value -
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:14:51 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck wrote:
>For CLIST WRITENR why not use the REXX SAY and then PULL ?
>
I don't b
, 2021 9:02 AM
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Subject: What does CLIST have that REXX doesn't? (was Interpret or Value -
Which is better?)
I can think of three features off-hand:
CLIST's PROC statement, of course, offering some convenient ways of
interpreting arguments. I've gotten used to doing
Dunno what it's called; that's why I described it the long way :).
I've written lots of REXXes that can be called either as a TSO command or an
ISPF Edit macro, and vary their behavior depending. Not sure I've ever had one
call itself that way. I can see the advantage, though...I think. At
Right, not quite the same thing. I mean, SAY and PULL display a prompt and
then fetch a response, alright, but they don't do it on a single line, as
WRITENR does.
Don’t think I ever noticed CHAROUT. Is that part of TSO REXX? I think I've
seen it in Regina.
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Bob Bridges,
On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:14:51 -0500, Lionel B. Dyck wrote:
>For CLIST WRITENR why not use the REXX SAY and then PULL ?
>
I don't believe that's equivalent. Are you conflating WRITENR and WTOR?
But the Rexx analogue of WRITENR is CHAROUT().
On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:02:13 -0400, Bob Bridges
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I can think of thre
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 13:01
There are several things in CLIST that REXX doesn't have.
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