I concur about REXX EXECIO I/O is not exactly intuitive.
REXX, first implemented in CMS used the CMS I/O utilities....
Over in TSO they created EXECIO which does not operate in the
same way as does the CMS EXECIO. And it causes me headaches when
I work on CMS for a year or two and then come back to TSO to have
it NOT be have as it did in CMS. Especially the STEM variable and
trying to write a record.
And so after working in TSO for a year or so to go back to CMS --
I need to learn and make use of PIPEs which is not supported over
on TSO.... Most shops do not see the need to pay for TSO Pipes.
Sigh.
And so, with Windows I/O is different (still talking REXX), same
problem with Linux. I/O is not handled the same for simple reads
and writes from my perspective.
Never-the-Less, I really appreciate REXX over EXEC, EXEC2 and CLIST.
Steve Thompson
On 4/19/2024 9:28 PM, Andrew Rowley wrote:
On 20/04/2024 1:42 am, Jay Maynard wrote:
Agreed Java is simply far too complex a language and ecosystem
to hold in
the mind. Python is as ubiquitous and much easier to deal with.
Really? What do you NEED to learn for Java that you don't need
to learn for other languages? public static void main(String[]
args)?
Loops, if statements, data types, string processing are things
you need to learn for all languages. I/O is useful (Rexx EXECIO
isn't exactly intuitive).
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