> Mike Cowlishaw created the Rexx language <g> Yes, and if you look at the article you linked to, you will see "He has contributed to and/or edited various computing standards, including ISO (SGML, COBOL, C, C++), BSI (SGML, C), ANSI (REXX), IETF (HTTP 1.0/RFC 1945), W3C (XML Schema), ECMA (JavaScript/ECMAScript, C#, CLI), and IEEE (754 decimal floating-point). "
I doubt that he would claim that the standard he worked on was the standard. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of CM Poncelet [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Friday OT, cheerful program for gloomy times Mike Cowlishaw created the Rexx language <g> https://secure-web.cisco.com/1wHB0OokqTuD1qCScSXs4vR7WnmA1aaX4xY-RDe3iultGsGFW_EievpsqsLeqREtY7OMbYCI4fR2vRtHuiJBMAB54rDjknPMMRWKLZDzBB-eUsT5ekPkHDrGpMlAkrnPtHb4VklYeecMBEtsNkV-OBz9Tw5z4tWrAvfP1NnTUbx-unParojR5d0_Xfxp0NaFNp0x760nqXgkUkxzXDDR89eqE4ZdtPnAjD4z0oBAx3sPct9_KvjZEz6kFgU6kbGRXldrUl7ZbMG9Vm0CTdsT9_wMAIt3MO-9efLINUKHCRrn_yp1mQ_KHYBgZzr8pwNsrhpyasbuWzJQ_SI2SIM2xLf87UvB8ks78AYRd-gSbp14-Q-YdaPhLW0iF7Wz-FGyudvxjxyBinuLwPVfO-haEjGKSVJ9Ya0qI-VeF1UKsvbZT_AvDY4XzIUiOBxz9VvJ3/https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMike_Cowlishaw On 26/04/2020 15:48, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
