Re: Simplest Way to run SQL in a CL?

[Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18-Apr-08, at 1:00 PM, midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> They "throw it over the fence" and most people are either not aware or
> have never heard of the feature or what it might do to help them.

While I agree that IBM have a tendency to do this (they apparently  
haven't noticed that they got rid of all the SEs who used to spread  
this knowledge) there was quite a lot of fuss about Rexx when it was  
first launched.  Indeed IBM heavily hinted that it might replace CL  
in the long term.  However, in those days the machines were a lot  
slower and Rexx was not built on ILE but rather the old OPM model -  
which was not a good fit for a dynamic scripting language.  The  
performance was so bad on many systems that the term "Rexx is a dog"  
became a common description.  By the time the performance of both  
Rexx and the hardware improved to current levels we had moved outside  
of IBM's 12 - 18 month promotional window and they were off and  
focussing on other new and sexy things.

I wonder if it is the arrival of PHP that has triggered the interest  
in scripting languages on the "i" and subsequently a renewed interest  
in Rexx?

Jon Paris

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