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REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:09 pm
by parthiban
Hi ...


Any difference that REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin ?

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:59 pm
by Robert Sample
Can you explain what you mean by this question -- it doesn't really make sense.

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:26 pm
by NicC
Rexx is just another programming language.

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:00 am
by dick scherrer
Hello,

Rexx is just another programming language.
In many organizations, only the system support people are permitted to code in rexx. It is not acceptable for business applications. This is usually because the business application staff is not able to support "heavy" rexx and rexx is poor at business processing (at least places i've been). . .

IMHO - rexx is execllent for low-volume, utility requirements. I believe rexx is a poor choice for "business" code.

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:42 pm
by NicC
Rexx's performance can be much improved by compiling rather than being interpreted. I am a heavy user of Rexx on both mainframe and PC and, yes, I use it for personal or departmental apps, not business apps. I sometimes use it to prototype PL/1 programs. Having said that, I know there are many organisations that have production Rexx apps - just see the posts on the Rexx LA subscriptions.

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:35 pm
by Vinayak
thanks Nic for the info you provided...
in the above post you said that.. you are user of rexx on both mainframe and PC..
can you please tell me how to use REXX on PC.. which software or IDE is needed for that..
and is it same as using REXX on mainframes..

thanks...
-vinayak

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:42 pm
by enrico-sorichetti
on the PC You have basically three choices ...

Open Object REXX ==> http://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/
Regina REXX ==> http://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/
Brexx ==> http://bnv.home.cern.ch/bnv/software/BRexx/index.html

no need for an IDE, just a plain editor,
after all there is no IDE for REXX under TSO

Re: REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin

PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:00 pm
by NicC
Also Reginald and others. Look here...
http://www.rexxinfo.org/html/rexxinfo1.html