On Jun 13, 2015 8:27 PM, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > > In > <CAAJSdjjKmrWL2-iqN=qg4em6PWFpFB6Dn65dM_tez==gpmu...@mail.gmail.com>, > on 06/12/2015 > at 11:54 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> said: > > >I could do it faster in Perl than my manager > >could using MS-Excel. > > That depends on what "it" is. There are some things that are much > easier than a spreadsheet, although excel is not my SS of choice.
It, in this case, was some rather simple reports, from RACF unloaded security data. I probably could have used ICETOOL instead, but the data was too voluminous to keep on z/OS DASD without fighting (politics). So it was faster to ftp the data from virtual tape to my USB connected 2 Tib HD on Linux PC. I'm a Libre/OpenOffice user, because I have a Linux desktop available. My manager uses MS because that's what he has on his Windows desktop. Which is the company standard. > > OTOH, as a REXX bigot[1] I am appalled at how many times Perl has been > a better tool for the task at hand. ooRexx was an option, but it is just different enough from z/OS REXX to cause me problems in "intuitive" coding. Like speaking 'Strine English instead of U.S English, sort of. > > [1] When I can't have PL/I. PL/I was my first love in college. Unfortunately, I don't have a compiler for it. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
