Chip, does ooREXX support PIPES? -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Chip Davis Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 11:10 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Mandatory ESMs?
At the risk of ignoring his assertion about the length of this thread, Richard has provided the perfect opening for me to mention Open Object Rexx. :-) That's the Open Source evolution of IBM Object REXX, supported by a team of developers lead by Rick McGuire (an original developer of IBM OREXX), is freakishly powerful, and currently runs on every major platform (32/64-bit Windows, Mac, UNIX/Linux, looking into Android) -- except z/VM and Z/OS. Believe me, it's not for lack of desire, interest, or love of CMS. We simply don't have access to the necessary resources (hardware and wetware) in order to effect a proper port of the (predominately C/C++) code. If you would be interested in contributing in some way to the effort to port ooRexx to IBM's Flagship Operating System (and/or z/OS ;-) please go to the ooRexx website www.oorexx.com and contact the Project Manager, David Ashley. You may find you don't need PL/I as much as you think... :-) -Chip- On 12/17/10 03:30 Richard Troth said: > This thread has gone on too long. If you want tools for CMS, make a biz > case or make the tools. We should leverage open source. We should take > advantage of things IBM *is* developing, such as the BFS resident > critters. ALL of the programs I have compiled on USS have dropped right > in to OpenVM. (one man's experience; YMMV; actual mileage will probably > be less)
