On Sun, 15 May 2011 12:34:06 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >In <listserv%201105121129497094.0...@bama.ua.edu>, on 05/12/2011 > at 11:29 AM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>o It allows function reference before definition, > >I consider that an advantage. > Perhaps in a programming language, but not if functions are first-class objects as in POSIX shell or PostScript (but structured programming fanatics have reason to dislike such a facility); certainly not in an interactive shell. (Well, I suppose if a shell encountered a reference to an undefined function it might prompt for the definition.)
>>so a typo in a >> function name would cause the interpreter to swallow all input >> looking for the definition. > >No. > Yes. But hypothetical and moot because Rexx as constituted on z/OS ingests the entire script before interpreting any of it. Unacceptable behavior for an interactive shell. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
