Hmmm - CLIST or REXX I'd go with REXX. The primary reason is that the CLIST skill set just doesn't seem to be there. I know CLIST has some advantages over REXX in a few areas there are things that REXX can do that CLIST can't and one of those is that it is a much cleaner language to read and understand, and thus to pick up.
Again my $0.01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) <sdg>< Mainframe Systems Programmer - RavenTek Solution Partners -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Gould Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Heretic alert: I really detest TSO REXX (the language) > On May 15, 2018, at 8:34 AM, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) <[email protected]> wrote: > > While I agree that REXX is more appropriate for smaller projects - there are > tradeoffs. If an application is going to be used frequently (100's of times > per day) and performance is important then don't use REXX. If an application > is going to be used less frequently, or there is a need to be able to easily > and quickly update it, then REXX is excellent for that purpose. REXX allows > you to prototype an application, and if it works adequately then it may be > better to leave it in REXX than to rewrite it. > > Just my $0.01 Lionel: I agree pretty much with you, if there are only two options (CLIST & Rexx) which would you choose? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
