That's David Crayford, not me. I have no basis to either confirm or contradict. It's unfortunate if true.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS Shmuel, I'm interested (and perhaps a little dismayed) at your third point. I've gotten the impression, from reading ads about job openings, that REXX programmers aren't very thick on the ground even at IBM where you'd think it'd be pretty easy to find them. But "shrinking by the day"? Where do you get that? I'm not disagreeing -- I have no data -- but have you? --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. -Georg Hegel */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 19:23 1. IBM are too busy porting contemporary languages like Python, Golang and Node.js 2. No vendor will port ooRexx because there is no market for it that is willing to pay support 3. The pool of REXX developers is shrinking by the day and no young people want to learn it unless they have to ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
