Wow, boys .....I been at it 40+ yrs and after awhile it all runs together ...
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:57 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > I'd much prefer that Rexx provide instream data, with symbol > substitution, > > DATA ... END and DATA PROMPT ... END are very useful, much more useful > than here documents, IMHO. > > >I eschew STACK with any command that provides STEM as an alternative. > > STEM is nice for commands that support it, but most commands do not. > > > I'm phobic that a rogue subroutine will corrupt my stack, or even DESBUF. > > That's harder than you might think; DESBUF only trashes stacks that REXX > created. > > > STACK is a crude circumvention for overly restrictive variable scoping. > > No. You might certainly use it that way, but I find that a good > screwdriver makes a bad hammer, and vice versa. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 4:39 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Unreadable code (Was: Concurrent Server Task Dispatch issue > multitasking issue) > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:15:20 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >> It's there, and other implementations of Rexx, such as Regina, struggle > to emulate it. > > > >All implementations of REXX provide a stack, but none of them even try to > provide the stack mechanisms that TSO has and CLIST DATA/DATA PROMPT > support. > > > I'd much prefer that Rexx provide instream data, with symbol substitution, > as POSIX shell and even JCL do. > > I eschew STACK with any command that provides STEM as an alternative. > I'm phobic that a rogue subroutine will corrupt my stack, or even DESBUF. > > I applaud ADDRESS SYSCALL for relying on STEM, never (AFAIK?) STACK. > > STACK is a crude circumvention for overly restrictive variable scoping. > CMS Piplines has YA chaotic circumvention. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
