Re: RETURN value from a REXX Procedure

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 2:15 PM Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If we had a similar survey for IBM i, I'd spend $1 on Rexx, $99 on
getting us the full GNU build chain so that we can port whatever we need
with the regular make / make install. So that we could pip3 anything we
want. So that the awesome power of the *nix open source world could
become equally available to us.

The build chain is there. It's the peculiarities of AIX runtime crossed
with the profound execution platform differences running under IBM i
scheduler etc. that make ports difficult.

The $99 should be and, as far as I can infer, *is* being spent on wrestling
with porting. The long-suffering Kevin Adler could speak to that, perhaps.

I feel that IBM i direction at present is right on the mark: focus on Open
Source, Db2, and of course, Keeping the Whole Blessed Thing Running!

Best that can be done for the aging beauty.