On 6/30/2013 12:17 PM, Shmuel Metz , Seymour J. wrote:
In
<of28a24a26.61fdf4d9-on80257b99.0039d7d3-80257b99.003a9...@uk.ibm.com>,
on 06/29/2013
at 11:39 AM, Martin Packer <[email protected]> said:
In the Munich System z Technical University conference 2 weeks ago
Marna Walle mentioned that in z/OS 2.1 EXECIO is previewed to
perform I/O to VBS (as in "Spanned" :-) ) data sets.
Have they added the language enhancements in OOREXX, or at least those
in the ANSI standard?
Shmuel,
Unfortunately, any changes to the Rexx language standard that would also
require changes to the compiler preclude themselves. The compiler is in
the Dead Pool at IBM, functionally stabilized with no budget to enhance
it. I've tried and failed numerous times to get IBM to bring Rexx up to
ANSI standards. The enhancements you see to Rexx are all done through
external functions, like EXECIO. Those enhancements require no compiler
updates, so for now, that is all you will see as far as Rexx
enhancements go.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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