I have been using REXX since the mid eighties and can't imagine managing a VM system without it.
During my college days, I learned TSO and CLISTs on the dark side and couldn't believe how much easier it was to have REXX when I finally came over to the light of VM. Thanks for everthing Mike, enjoy your retirement. Ed Zell Illinois Mutual Life (309) 636-0107 ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Gabe Goldberg Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:22 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: End of an era Mike Cowlishaw, developer of the REXX language, author of several books, and IBM Fellow for quite some time, will take early retirement from IBM March 5. It's hard to exaggerate -- or even grasp, really -- how much REXX changed IBM computing and how those lucky enough to know REXX get their work done. . CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system.
