On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:41:49 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote:
>
>Based on a quick test of SLEEP from TSO without  rc=syscalls('ON'), it looks
>like it isn't required.   Maybe since z/OS 1.8.
>
I assume you mean "sleep 0".  Fortunately that doesn't mean
"sleep forever", as some languages quirkily treat null constructs.

Every language needs a couple things:

o A no-op (IEFBR14, /bin/true, whatever)

o A lexical convention for comments.

>---- ------   ------- -------- ------
>$P1  MG06358  HTE7730 050930   WSY1:  Added the SYSCALL
>           host environment to the SUBCOM table in support
>           of USS REXX. Added the EZAFTPKR function package
>           to the system package tables in support of the
>           FTPAPI function.
>
Yaaay!.  But only half; see my previous ply.  Now what we
need is "address SH".  I'd gladly accept the return of
SYSCALLS('ON') (I never even missed it) if it enabled SH.

-- gil

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