Here are a few of my thoughts from the article: 1) Web applications and frameworks: we have mod_rexx, but maybe we should look at tying a complete framework together, server-side to client-side, something like rexx on rails.
2) Database integration: While rexx has rexx/sql ooRexx doesn't have a good oo/sql interface, it's still limited to stem objects. Maybe rewriting or writing an sql interface using the new API interface that is packaged with ooRexx is a good idea. 3) ooRexx's niche: Niches are important, what niches does/can ooRexx have? I know the push for compiling and running it on Iron as ebbed and flowed, but tying iron to the web seems like a logical potential niche. Another niche that my company uses Rexx for is a kind of glue that binds other programs and applications together. Using it's integration with the command shell and OLE we have a lot of flexibility that would be harder to accomplish in another language. Personally: my company uses ooRexx in three areas: server-side web development, back-end processing (often using OLE to automate MS Excel) and telephony integration with Asterisk. We do this on a mixture of Linux and Windows. ooRexx has been a good fit for us in this sort of work. Thanks, David Ruggles CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ Network Engineer Safe Data, Inc. (910) 285-7200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: David Ashley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:38 AM To: ooRexxDevel Subject: [Oorexx-devel] The Future of ooRexx as One of many All - This is a very interesting read. http://weblog.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/0 8/10/13/42TC-dynamic-futures_1.html I would like to start a discussion on where we go next so ooRexx can play successfully in this kind of future. David Ashley ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1721 - Release Date: 10/13/2008 7:50 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
