On Mon, 2022-03-21 at 12:01 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> PCRE?

No. It uses the C++ RTL ECMAScript Grammar which is 99% compatible with PCRE. 
AFAIK, the only thing it doesn't support is recursive subgroup matching which I 
could care less about. I lost interest in
REXX long ago and regular expressions when I discovered PEGs 
http://lua-users.org/wiki/LpegRecipes.


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> Subject: Re: looking for 'how to' developing Rexx host command
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> 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://secure-web.cisco.com/1zcwmhQDfP3w43bgtLLTfqgfquwmvKtHyKxkeXoo2pwlKZnmHKubm9IgbehcXUMaSRUvaEdPtbH79-0CZ30CeuslyETSCoPogZKiHdS9lnPt0OXlOV2A1sZGJH1j2ZlRptWqebMlsvE26C_jDXTFaXgQwwpSR4PfcyY2a3fHtEEFPy8N1_EUhKhgNJ4qKrOEzp6jQE_jSCNpvkXsh0td0Atyfzpzn85YvAjgTe-uL_bIgjp-HQoFpsdnKO_USxUiVxvRukM8wHuQLKtjVhDMgqvI3acfBOPJV1xYg3rATQBgwkriE0Ey8C3BtYm8aXHNI2qhJdDLtiR3QZHo90qFKkTga0SshiTOaC9Cn20kfOeXkBwCF8mmt0enaJQnalSmeZbQOZClq3sRCF9rgGZTkAaC-NMWPVp8tZ9C3LobJmxH2MvzLHyNlELnLUQl2PsN_/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdaveyc%2FRTK
> .
> 
> 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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