Not to mention that the CMS version of LEXX is still available off of the VM download web page at:
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages There a number of LEXX parsers also available there, for languages like, Rexx, PL/I, C, etc. I still use LEXX....very handy for catching syntax errors in Rexx code....:-) Dave Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian S. Worthington" <ianworthing...@usa.net> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: End of an era Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:00:46 -0500 > Lexx is pretty much unknown outside of IBM. I do notice > that is does however live on in the TPF Toolkit product. > > Which, given its astronomical annual fee, is not a reason > to rush out and buy it! > > i > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 03:59 PM COT, 02/23/2010 > From: Mike Walter <mike.wal...@hewitt.com> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: End of an era > > > All those nice memories shared by so many on the list!. > > IIRC, as with Bill Munson I first met Mike Cowlishaw at > > that same SHARE in 1990. > > During dinner one night that week he shared one of his > > hobbies: he's a "caver" (one who explores caves). As > > then-chairman/ringmaster/ringleader of CAVMEN (the > Chicago Area VM ENthusiasts regional user group) I, > > perhaps urged on by another CAVMEN present at the time, > > promptly named him an Honorary CAVMEN member. Mike has > > been awarded with many prestigious titles over the > > years, but surely being named an honorary CAVMEN member > > must "rank right up there"! ;-) > > I used REXX right from the start when it reached General > > Availability on CMS. What a joy! The excitement I > > felt when first reading about it is still a clear > > memory; what a sad commentary on what a geek I am. > > I could not bear (only a slight pun intended) the > > thought of performing sysprog work without REXX. Can > > you imagine still using EXEC2 every day as the only > scripting language on CMS? EXEC2 was better than > > EXEC-classic, but there's just no comparison to REXX - > > or between REXX and pretty much any other scripting > > language. > > Thanks, Mike "for all the REXX"! > > > > No one mentioned LEXX!? > > > > Mike Walter > > Hewitt Associates > > The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my > > employer's. > > > > > > > > > > "Bill Munson" <william.mun...@bbh.com> > > > > Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" > > <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 02/18/2010 01:52 PM > > Please respond to > > "The IBM z/VM Operating System" > > <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > > > > To > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > cc > > > > Subject > > Re: End of an era > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will never forget my very first SHARE in 1990 at the > > Disneyland Hotel > > I was in a standing room only CMS session and the man > > standing next to me introduced himself as Mike > > Cowlishaw. > > I was in awe at the tender age of 38 back then. I was > > not even smart enough to grasp the impact of REXX back > > then. > > thanx Gabe for the info > > > > Bill Munson > > Sr. z/VM Systems Programmer > > Brown Brothers Harriman & CO. > > 525 Washington Blvd. > > Jersey City, NJ 07310 > > 201-418-7588 > > > > President - MVMUA > > http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/ > > VM Project Officer - SHARE > > http://seattle.share.org/joinme > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/BillMunson > > > > > > > > > > Gabe Goldberg <g...@gabegold.com> > > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 02/17/2010 07:21 PM > > Please respond to > > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > > > > To > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > cc > > > > 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. > > > > While many people provided feedback, suggestions, > > criticism, etc. during REXX development, it was Mike's > > project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REXX > > says: > > > > REXX was designed and first implemented, in assembly > > language, as an ?own-time? project between 20 March > > 1979 and mid-1982 by Mike Cowlishaw of > > IBM, originally as a scripting programming language to > > replace the languages EXEC and EXEC 2[1]. It was > > designed to be a macro or scripting language for any > > system. As such, REXX is considered a precursor to Tcl > and Python. REXX was also intended by its creator to be a > > simplified and easier to learn version of the PL/I > > programming language. > > Some Mike links: > > > > > http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/cowlishaw.index.html > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cowlishaw > > http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Mike-Cowlishaw > > > http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/cowlishaw.bio.html > > > > > > > > ..and that's only four out of 31,200 Google hits on > > "Mike Cowlishaw". > > His email address will be m...@speleotrove.com. > > -- > > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. > > (703) 204-0433 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, > > VA 22042 g...@gabegold.com LinkedIn: > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold > > > > *************************** IMPORTANT > > NOTE*****************************-- The opinions > > expressed in this message and/or any attachments are > > those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown > > Brothers Harriman & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates > > ("BBH"). 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