Perhaps an HLASM shim to a C routine?

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022, 22:36 David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2022-03-20 at 10:08 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 07:56:39 -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
> >
> > > TSO/E Rexx Reference Chapter 14. Language Processor Environments?
> > >
> > Wouldn't a SAMPLIB member be nice?  In a HLL?
>
> Writing a REXX command processor in a HLL is non-trivial to do correctly.
> I've done it a few times and it requires creating a persistent LE
> environment and hanging the pointer on the user area inthe
> environment block. Like most things on z/OS, REXX programming services
> were designed for HLASM. Unfortunately, for the kind of APIs I'm interested
> in HLASM is practically useless. For example, regular
> expressions https://github.com/daveyc/RTK.
>
> It's far easier to just use a more contemporary programming language which
> has a modern API for writing packages. Although, then you need to know
> C/C++ for Python, Lua, Ruby, Node etc.
>
>
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ITschak Mugzach
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 7:36 AM
> > >
> > > I scanned the tso rexx manuals and haven't found any instructions on
> how to
> > > develop the host load module. I mean, the one who supplies the address
> xxx
> > > services. Any idea where to find a sample or instruction manual?
>
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