Well, REXX has an interface for a routine to set REXX variables. There is no equivalent for, e.g., COBOL.
It's not a question of compiled versus not compiled; it's a question of what interfaces are available to the called program. A compiled REXX program can call SDSF; a COBOL program running in a COBOL interpreter would not be able to do so. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 3:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: SDSF API question -- why only REXX & Java? This is just a curiosity question. The SDSF book shows an API for using it in REXX and Java. Anybody know why no other languages? Or are we supposed to use SAPI for compiled languages instead of the SDSF API? Or is it SPOOL Dataset Browser that we are supposed to use? https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Cyt5vo8aV4_qK2suQCO_GWm_QmJIDuKVD1C8rfk1n4g638ku6ucLVwv4s4YlkBtaC0hsyyR_CQuojt3RVXCbUSxCA_FJYEM4JPpiZqKG_mrzHhdEpkC-KCMfKlxdGBuIVbFO2uR3Etk_ATGNSK4F5kf2ZnLZT4bNQ87CU-09l7bkTgENQXo5DFXjFyxYeK9128nFQxi-YnO7E_LrTzLvo0Imniw628DF-VgOqQdmTEO7jnqfM4mDtfw-QOtQO4YBG81AEJMXH1OmDSMW9sNFq2J1zK0kfo0mBxAA0CW4bPBDKNgakK64nke4s9kI3HOzeRNLGrhSeSqPHUA0jDQgU1Ci7-PWeEnivPOkFEBg_wZf2yrgKxG_ibLLsJqvaJ-Lprm4N3ZRs5nRRVNlNZKW-2ZuWbhm9okzzDuLdXpKHFWWk4OleXBT8YfArhbJMUqz/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledgecenter%2Fen%2FSSLTBW_2.3.0%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r3.isfa600%2Frexx.htm https://secure-web.cisco.com/1hSr4kg3404Net4sgvUUKBkObpOfAi-doK-a25Ywyd_DA3sg7IIowuk6r-jkqsGJN0vxPNXDG2PTF2ebREfXfAaRZYfEl_85XL9Z2EfkNHufGIs7c_qMw-dwvKkBqvc42qIu5KEPjwSmfYXLuWOMjJf6YHwvhRwBuEalacziPkzDXVMrCUyeJvEBsG9WahktYSrwbggfqsO4NXx5OskbS8JkVbrvVj37VtFr-MwSQRzXbAWyrUVxVtQSM3dO0vXTrgZ-VT9FM96pMsdDVd2zKa07aFCilOc-R8qwQ2HHbwKRI_QMMF6qOBMXGtuUNptDw9gyKwmu5AFfjN95MSNpVYwzqx4NwowvLZY4orH2cC7u-On__y8RKAJaY-QmGX6DVwX41J767lxccGzQy_JtW1hdGURMG9Ww1Dx3INU5zFJhWFvhE-m7iGISdU7pHgz8m/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledgecenter%2Fen%2FSSLTBW_2.3.0%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r3.isfa600%2Fjavapl.htm https://secure-web.cisco.com/1zFANvxnN-Dhuwa935zAHZy-EGDHensMOypnd8RTMRlIS2WOp6sJoAvN0usO3YOYTJIFrk-bToHx2WW5fYmSf53aLyPb_TehXxME3Na1bX_OFsla8mbzMX0j25OuLa3gdQGpXqfZYnHASU2hgV0IkHK3r9qX9jSLRX0fV9JRbp0MkOV65v6T7UEcb1z_ESO8fbdUER3o8ZNAiJkgvi-InFvmwOUoMbtQx-8BSgZV2LjMOdVZPQFz5xICFGhj1FtGsl5G-3GS2db1oaZhFZD1Wr8omFKQWw42zEYn5evCPT6GBKshQihzfYg4ykVeYJEOg4IXCNgu5v7kXGjCO5gEMT2WXeUGlOA8Q3vd3lytzQFYhIE_P2fJe4ohCvol_LuDOMlQJZjX9sZmOXWLalgeYWuEOin3w9SeXWpQkQ3j6b5VFqo-1aJL40kQ4aLmakOa0/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledgecenter%2Fen%2FSSLTBW_2.3.0%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r3.ieaf200%2Fsapi.htm https://secure-web.cisco.com/1BvTJtcZPW2rTFWUIdWuFSoMzmrGIK0tGrqB3zg19Vs0zAdwRI9qiAYzym6TbaZqh4UItlBjYBN7fLffyFis9WEGzfrcovQ63tl8HNbHWD6fgCVIK188e3Ryf2d0cXb5r4tlcfY6S0n93mocduVeaAd8rg9LvjNqTkAXlQh1K34pYUCQbdIbFyquSFblsMxA3_4x2fSvzoiidnjCNtKStD8REt_rDsyTA-LFcBKyWsmz0DcEgBFhPx7ZB3pejGwykHkWuX0mk9k0nplYG1tlwd4Pk_uU92m6eWwNvAU0eoHCJFkQ06Lzt0-EJYEIM3H7lUHrA28uzMMUgqCBT-9zEuYrDxB2QGOKVbb2iLsSggVrHllgugbSfOKuvQzP-IjiwNae9wiX7yGQGGnLLZ0Pfu3r0-rxU7j1T-VFdQBTI7_ie1Rgo30td5A9AlEjT1Vax/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fknowledgecenter%2Fen%2FSSLTBW_2.3.0%2Fcom.ibm.zos.v2r3.hasc300%2Fspbrowse.htm -- This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
