said:
>He left before Bob Blair's presentation on parsing in REXX. He thought
>that it might have been interesting as well. Give Mark credit as the
>master of understatement.
I'm delighted to hear that Bob's presentation went so well. I was looking
forward to it, and glad it was both informative and entertaining.
Unfortunately, the change in meeting time coupled with the need to pick up
my son elsewhere interfered with my education schedule for the day.
>While the main presentation entertained without much
>information Bob's SIG presentation informed in an entertaining manner.
I'm quite disappointed to have missed this - it was topic that would have
been truly useful to see a presentation on -a very practical real-life
topic
However, I have to disagree that Jerry's presentation didn't provide much
information. I always find it useful to learn what kinds of things Jerry
has accomplished, where he's failed, and even when I don't get a
step-by-step on how to accomplish a task, I always get a starting point,
at a minimum. Where I don't get specifics on something I really want to
know, I don't feel shy about asking.
Jerry also apparently enjoys doing the presentations, and from the
discussion at the meeting, it seems that he's quite willing to give more
focus and dtail in areas that interest us. We should all take advantage
of the opportunity and post requests for detail on what interests us.
>Don't count me as a REXX advocate or convert. PL/I has
>served my parsing needs just fine when they arose over the last 38
>years. On the other hand when we tally the votes I know when I sit as
>a minority of one. I do believe in the democratic process...right up
>there with my faith in PL/I.
Is it fair to view a REXX program as a step up from a batch file, while
PL/I is at least one step up from REXX in complexity and knowlege required
to use it, as well as the types of tasks that you should expect of it?
>That leads into the recent declaration by Rollin White that he can no
>longer support our web services, that we need to
>come with some other means, some other people. I have
>neither the knowledge or experience currently to render a
>proper evaluation of our situation except for my confidence that we
>have the resources in terms of hardware, software, and people to do so.
I wasn't aware of this. Can someone be a bit more specific on this?
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