You keep saying that, but you haven't provided any specifics. There is a well defined interface that does not involve any *ix services, based on the SAA interface, and already implemented on non-*ix system. I can see issues, e.g., 64-bit, TSO initilization, but I'm not aware of any *ix-related issues for defining an environment.
That said, It is tied to C++, so a bridge is required. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Jon Perryman <jperr...@pacbell.net> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2025 12:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: REXX say & OOREXX was: In IBM-land, AFP means... External Message: Use Caution On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:01:01 +0200, Rony G. Flatscher <rony.flatsc...@wu.ac.at> wrote: >> I've never found any doc for defining environments within OOREXX. OOREXX >> design is the compatibility challenge that requires OOREXX changes. > >You can consult the documentation coming with the ooRexx documentation book >"rexxapi.pdf", section >"1.16. Command Handler Interface" (this is the powerful native API of ooRexx), >but also sections >"2.4. Subcommand Interface" (SAA) and "2.6. Registered System Exit Interface" >(SAA). rexxapi.pdf was not listed on the documentation page. >If you use the ooRexx-Java bridge (BSF4ooRexx) then you can implement Rexx >command handlers simply > >BTW, as BSF4ooRexx is a fully bi-directional language binding it can be used >to create Rexx command >handlers even in - ooRexx (without any Java skills) ! :) This discussion is about making OOREXX available for more than z/OS batch and Unix. Implementing scripting languages designed for Unix are daunting for complex z/OS environments (e.g. TSO, CICS, IMS, Tivioli and more). A Unix process is not a TSO address space with multiple activities. It's not a CICS or IMS transaction. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
