Actually, that's not a bad point; I didn't think of it when I posted originally (a post I'm sorely tempted to regret now, by the way, if only I went in for that sort of thing) but my 40-line programs are that short only because they depend on external routines that are much longer. More of my REXXes than not, for example, use a one-line call to read the entirety of an external file onto the stack, and another one to put the new contents of the stack into a temporary a file and display it in View. The lines between are the ones that read, process and display. So even the allegedly simple 40 lines have a lot more going on than just that.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers. -Lazarus Long */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 06:27 "40 line REXX program" is a straw dummy. Yes, some scripts are that short, just as there are 40-line assembler programs, but many are orders of magnitude larger. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
