Re: [Oorexx-devel] [RexxLA] Question: which Java version should BSF4ooRexx assume to be deployed from now on?

2016-10-31 Thread Michael Lueck
Greetings, Jack Woehr wrote: > Probably ObjectRexx and BSF4ooRexx can support one rev back to Java 7 safely. Java 7 would cut off support for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. I am thankful, -- Michael Lueck -- Dev

Re: [Oorexx-devel] [RexxLA] Question: which Java version should BSF4ooRexx assume to be deployed from now on?

2016-10-31 Thread Jack Woehr
Moritz Hoffmann wrote: > I think you could align to the current update roadmap by Oracle. At the > moment, Java 8 is the only supported version, > 7 is not supported for over a year. See > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html for more details. So > unless there are important u

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Multi-line literals

2016-10-31 Thread Rick McGuire
Well, there's always { and }, which never gets used because we're constantly saving them for something in the future. Rick On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Mike Cowlishaw wrote: > > > > Using /' ... '/ or /" ... "/ for multiline literals >> > > This is not an option, as e. g. say 2 /" 3 "/ 4 is

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Multi-line literals

2016-10-31 Thread Mike Cowlishaw
Using /' ... '/ or /" ... "/ for multiline literals This is not an option, as e. g. say 2 /" 3 "/ 4 is already a valid expression Indeed; I was definitely not suggesting a specific syntax, just trying to indicate the concept. Mike ---

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Multi-line literals

2016-10-31 Thread Erich Steinböck
> > Using /' ... '/ or /" ... "/ for multiline literals > This is not an option, as e. g. say 2 /" 3 "/ 4 is already a valid expression -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi pro

Re: [Oorexx-devel] [RexxLA] Question: which Java version should BSF4ooRexx assume to be deployed from now on?

2016-10-31 Thread Moritz Hoffmann
I think you could align to the current update roadmap by Oracle. At the moment, Java 8 is the only supported version, 7 is not supported for over a year. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html for more details. So unless there are important users who rely on current versions of

Re: [Oorexx-devel] [RexxLA] Question: which Java version should BSF4ooRexx assume to be deployed from now on?

2016-10-31 Thread René Jansen
Hi Rony, NetRexx also has 1.6 as prerequisite. We do keep older versions online for those who need them; I did not spot any machine below Java 1.6 'in the wild.' Best regards, René. > On 31 Oct 2016, at 14:31, Rony G. Flatscher wrote: > > Hi there, > > BSF4ooRexx makes Java available to ooR

[Oorexx-devel] Question: which Java version should BSF4ooRexx assume to be deployed from now on?

2016-10-31 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
Hi there, BSF4ooRexx makes Java available to ooRexx and camouflages Java as the dynamic, case-insensitive programming language ooRexx. Currently, the Java-related functionality of BSF4ooRexx is coded for Java 1.4. According to the Java timelines given in

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Multi-line literals

2016-10-31 Thread Rony G. Flatscher
On 19.10.2016 15:37, Mike Cowlishaw wrote: > I really do not think that allowing literal strings to cross lines would be > an improvement. REX > had this for some years -- and the pain it caused the 'average' programmer > was enormous -- I had > hundreds of e-mails from confused programmers on