Nifty. Thanks for the cross post. I've downloaded it. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT
Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Robert Prins > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 10:23 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Announcing z/OS port of PCRE 8.31 - version 0.1 beta > > From a posting on the forum of "that" system: > > <quote> > I've ported the PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) to native > z/OS (no USS [Unix Servicses], just good ol' native z/OS), including > COBOL API. The installation file is available on: > http://www.zaconsultants.net on the downloads page. > > The concept of Regular Expressions is new for most COBOL and PL/I > programmers on the z/OS platform, but is old news for Unix and Linux > programmers. Regular Expressions is a technology that allows finding > patterns in text strings in ways that are not currently available in > COBOL, PL/I or even Rexx. > > The power of regular expressions is widely used by Java, VB.net, C#, > PHP and Perl, to mention some of the most popular languages. The > package that I've ported is the same one that is used by PHP and is > highly compatible with Perl which is the standard setter for that > stuff. In other words, I brought the most advanced form of Regular > Expressions into the COBOL, PL/I and z/OS world. > > I hope that the availability of PCRE would encourage all z/OS COBOL and > PL/I programmers to learn about regular expressions and utilize this > port. The license is BSD which pretty much allows use and even resell > software based on it with very few real limitations. > ------------------------ > We are working to introduce PCRE to PL/I for MVS, z/VM and Rexx, but > COBOL and PL/I enterprise seem to be working fins > > The files should also be available on CBTTTAPE.ORG and some other > mirror site. > ZA</quote> > > Robert > -- > Robert AH Prins > robert.ah.pr...@gmail.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
