Python would have my vote also, with a nice API ....to z/OS functions Scott ford www.identityforge.com
On Aug 27, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Kirk Wolf <k...@dovetail.com> wrote: > OK, get your knives and arrows handy... > > I like REXX, but I don't find the language itself to be nearly as nice as > scripting languages like Python and even EMCAScript (AKA Javascript). > (Javascript the language, NOT the browser DOM context where it is most > often used, which is horrible ). Tcl is also a very interesting > scripting language - to me it is a minimalist approach to a scripting > language that is meant to interface with other environments (REXX's forte). > > Granted, REXX has fantastic z/OS integration (functions, host command > environments, etc), but it would be very interesting to see a modern Python > or Javascript port for z/OS that implemented a REXX-compatible native > interface to functions, HCEs, etc. In theory this would allow you to use > existing REXX function packages or host command environments with a > different scripting language. In practice might be hard to do :-) But, > it would serve to distinguish what I like about REXX (you can interface > with lots of stuff quickly) with the language itself. > > A little OT, but the new Computer Science (really Computer Programming) > curriculum at the KahnAcademy has some really cool interactive programming > tooling: > > http://www.khanacademy.org/cs > > If you haven't seen it, its worth a look - if only to realize that new > programmers will expect a little more than PDF, or even RDz :-) > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies > http://dovetail.com > > PS> For some reason, this REXX-related slashdot post made me ROTFL... > Search for "Rexxperts" here: > http://developers.slashdot.org/story/04/03/24/0034224/rexx-is-still-strong-after-25-years > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
