I'd probably write a REXX-callable CIB interface routine in HLASM and do the heavy lifting in REXX. But I'd be looking for MODIFY and START as well as STOP, and I'd be deleting the CIB.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Charles Mills [charl...@mcn.org] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 1:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions For simple applications, in my experience, Rexx is quicker concept -> running application than is C++. The client is not always perfectly able to express his vision, so a quick prototype -> demonstrate -> prototype again cycle is very advantageous, and Rexx is great for that. If it were a complex application I would definitely use C++. Although even there (in 2012) I used assembler to accept console commands. Not my first rodeo. I have been doing client management successfully for a looooong time. > There is nobody to review your code and ask for changes As I said in response to an earlier question, I am the master of this universe. <g> Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 10:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions I could care less about Python. What is disconcerting is why you would choose REXX/Assembler when you could write the same thing with less code and complexity using C++ which you already know. Maybe you're just having fun and there is nothing wrong with that. There is nobody to review your code and ask for changes like where I work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
