Well, there's certainly some Algol 60 influence on the syntax, but it didn't have an Algol feel when I looked at it.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Farley, Peter x23353 <peter.far...@broadridge.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 12:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: REXX as JCL replacement It was explained to me in my brief contact with the language back in the early 1970's that WFL was essentially a dialect of Algol 60 with no I/IO facilities. What it grew to become in later years I don't know. It would be interesting (if I had round tuits) to give the Unisys manual a thorough reading. Thanks for the link Tom. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 12:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX as JCL replacement Thanks; looks like a primitive scripting language; I'd prefer Perl, REXX or even the shell that is not to be Bourne. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of Tom Marchant <0000000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 5:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: REXX as JCL replacement On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:29:28 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Do you have a link to the WFL reference? I posted it yesterday. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1uGoP0952VN4w4AZzfClqI77QNAfSTIdStaktzZTvCZKZsViE894moWG8YNd7SSyXjllo3CNrc1b1wdzWmTwn8R56t07sLMF2ND3Aj2iRrzYNxbfyP9W94bD-1Ghdbac8Z0P7t6XNr7aXcq-Ig8TEzJHeQZ4d4LdElufEv186lfkNT4dRJ5ZmfNzrcViDnSnnseVEUJ6FTMtSxzTh6DpfshWT2rmRSHPL0Uy5fLkcc2mhLQBaQneKtV_aUsDi73YP7ppTdAyjDCzJCWVU3belLhCM_BFPkleSojvcPj0z7w9QunhTUNHARgTYtwhE1tU5Lwaq4cZKaRkvd5-rxc6Tf158IwX9OnCbx8X_rvCleepyYdx8fQKPcctnxhvIuyTJSf6-ewia9F8HdNBRZF9k0YjFdx09ODrCS7PagM0yOWCwtHh_dN5E2XZ3dejPeLFK/https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.support.unisys.com%2Faseries%2Fdocs%2FClearPath-MCP-18.0%2F86001047-516 -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
