On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:39:27 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>They say that the memory is the second thing to go; I don't remember the first
>thing.
>
>Given that Mike Cowlishaw was involved in developing ANSI X3.274-1996, I'm
>pretty sure that he would claim that to be the standard Rexx language, just as
>I'm pretty sure that John Backus would consider X3.9-1966, X3.9-1978, etc.,
>to be standard Fortran, not what ran on the 704.
>
I find this akin to expecting all software to follow the antiquated
MSDOS 8.3 filename format convention.
>________________________________________
>From: CM Poncelet
>Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 11:40 PM
>
>"ON NO VALUE" from memory.
>
At one time, IBM's Rexx compiler considered SIGNAL ON NOVALUE (sic) a
syntax error if the label was not supplied. I think it got better shortly.
>"supports the standard Rexx language" as per Mike Cowlishaw's definition
>(COW).
>
> Comparison of Built-In Functions
>
> The following table provides a comparison of Built-In Functions
> for VM/SP CMS REXX (CMS), M.F. Cowlishaw's definition (COW),
> Systems Application Architecture Procedures Language (SAA), and
> CTC REXX.
>
> Table 3. Comparison of Built-in Functions
>
>
> Availability of Built-in Functions
>
> Function SAA COW CMS CTC
> ...
> CHARIN x x - x
> CHAROUT x x - x
> CHARS x x - x
> ...
> DATE x x x x
> ...
But no discussion of supported operand formats.
> LINEIN x x - x
> LINEOUT x x - x
> ...
> STREAM x - - x
> ...
CMS Rexx has supported the *standard* stream I/O for many releases.
Where does one find SAA nowadays. Mostly, I remember its incursion
was disruptive by scrambling ISPF's familiar PF key assignments.
>>> See below for the SPF/PC standard Rexx one.
>>>
I don't believe SPF/PC governs the standard for either Rexx or Java.
>> DATE('B',foo,'S') is valid in standard Rexx. I don't believe that the first
>> and third
>>parameters are allowed to be longer than 1 character.
>>
They're truncated. Characters beyond the initial are irrelevant.
________________________________________
>> From: CM Poncelet
>> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 7:10 PM
>>
>> Have you checked that your version works, other than on a mainframe?
>>
Regina, yes.
>> SPF/PC Rexx supports the standard Rexx language, but not the full IBM
>> REXX (which includes EXECIO etc.) and it does not recognise your format
>> of DATE parms. ...
>>
SPF/PC, perhaps; standard, no.
-- gil
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