I am definitely a Rexx fan but I have to agree that the necessity for hacks like these does not speak well for the language.
While one can write 40,000 line applications in Rexx -- pretty amazing for what is basically a .BAT file language -- I think perhaps the larger the application the less suitable Rexx is to the task. Rexx is at its best in the 3 to 300 line range. IMHO Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Heretic alert: I really detest TSO REXX (the language) On 15/05/2018 12:52 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2018 13:52:53 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >> This strongly suggests being rigorous with tail naming: I use leading >> underscores for non-variable tails: >> >> G._Logging >> >> and then never use any local variables with leading underscores (yes, >> _Logging is a valid variable name). An easy convention to follow, and makes >> it easy to tell the difference between: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
