Hi, Stephen. If you mean CMS Pipelines, the answer is no, simply because ooRexx has not yet been ported to CMS.
DJ On 12/20/2010 09:35 AM, Gentry, Stephen wrote: > 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) > -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
