> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Shane Ginnane > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:42 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Quote on Slashdot.org > > >If I take REXX as an example, although it has its limitations and rough > edges, it have 4 important advantages IMHO: > > > >1. It lives up the principle of "least astonishment" in syntax. > >2. Its functionality and syntax is oriented towards the end goal of the > code effort. > >3. It lives up to the KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid). > >4. It minimizes the keystrokes for the programmer. > > Sounds more like Perl than REXX .... <g,d,r> > > Shane ... ;-)
Hmmmm... From the little I have seen of Perl, it's like a gun pointed to your foot... :) I think I rather prefer Python. Best Regards Thomas Berg ___________________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist zOS\RQM\IT Delivery SWEDBANK AB (Publ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
