On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:41:14 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote:
>Nonsense. IBM created OREXX for OS/2 and m$ windows; >ooRexx is the open source version that replaced it and is not limited to >Unix-like systems. >The builtin classes are highly useful outside on *ix. Again, wasting my time with a wrong answer. Do some research and at least understand basic REXX design before telling me I'm wrong. By design, REXX simplifies complex environments like TSO, CICS, IMS and others. Customizing REXX environments is fairly simple and well documented. REXX has no problem with 8 screens each running REXX. OOREXX implemented global variables & objects using a daemon (think z/OS STC). No problem for simple environments like Unix, Linux, Windows and others. On other hand, those 8 ISPF screens and their subtask must somehow manage 8 distinct global variables. TSO REXX solved this by foregoing globals and running the REXX entirely within a single TCB. I've never found any doc for defining environments within OOREXX. OOREXX design is the compatibility challenge that requires OOREXX changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
