[comp.lang.rexx] MVS REXX

hhg1@GTE.COM (Hallett German) (06/16/89)

Could someone plesae list how the MVS REXX differs from CMS? What is
the maximum character size? Are EXECIO, GLOBEIV (hope I got these right)
included?

The article that was in the last IBM systems journal was a good start
on design and stack operations. But I am trying to get a feel for
what REXX extensions are included and what does it have missing that isi

in included in the REXX language book. Anything and everything along
these lines would be greatly appreciated. Hal German GTE Labs
617-466-2290.  

kevinf@percival.UUCP (Kevin Fowler) (06/18/89)

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I was also wondering about the existance of REXX/TSO myself.  We are in the 
final stages of converting from VM/SP to MVS/XA and all of our utilities 
written in REXX are heading for archives and dust.     
The only thing I have heard is that REXX would only be available on the 
larger CPUs.  We're running a 3081.
  
Kevin Fowler
(SPAC)/American Data Service 
Portland Oregon
 
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philip@hubcap.clemson.edu (Philip L Harshman) (06/20/89)

From article <1518@percival.UUCP>, by kevinf@percival.UUCP (Kevin Fowler):
> I was also wondering about the existance of REXX/TSO myself.  We are in the 
> final stages of converting from VM/SP to MVS/XA and all of our utilities 
> written in REXX are heading for archives and dust.     
> The only thing I have heard is that REXX would only be available on the 
> larger CPUs.  We're running a 3081.

REXX is available with TSO/E Version 2.  TSO/E Version 2 is available in both
an MVS/XA and MVS/ESA version so you should be able to run REXX on your 3081.
Many of the TSO/E V2 features are only implemented in the ESA version, but
REXX is one thing that is available on both.  We just installed the XA version
of TSO/E V2, but since we've never run VMS here, we're a little slow getting
into using REXX.

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hhg1@GTE.COM (Hallett German) (06/23/89)

Since no has yet answered my question about TSO/E REXX. Let me try a
different approach. I would greatly appreciate someone sending me the
table of contents/and or the index from the TSO/E Version 2 Release 1
Users Guide on REXX. My fax # is 617-890-9320. Please do not send
anything else but the above to this number (alias junk mail). Thank you
for your help. Again, I have read the IBM Sys Journal article this month
but there is LOTS more I would like to know about TSO/E REXX

Hal German
GTE Labs
Waltham,Ma
617-466-2290: