- All REXX functions, instruction and reserved variables - Built-in functions for OS/2, TSO and CMS - Clear, useful examples of all REXX features - Compatiblitiy issues across OS/2, TSO and CMS platforms -Quick Reference Guide that contains typical facilities to needed to use REXX.
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Gabe Gargiulo has over 28 years experience in IBM application development and training. He has owned and operated a consulting business, Manchester Custom Programming. He currently conducts seminars and workshop on MVS/TSO, ISPF JCL, COBOL, REXX and TSO/CLIST. He has written 6 books, including MVS/TSO: Mastering Native Mode and ISPF, MVS/JCL and REXX in the TSO environment. He has extensive experience in entry-level IBM training, and has taught entry-level training positions.
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This review is from: REXX with OS/2, TSO, & CMS Features Quick Reference Guide (Mainframe Technical Series) (Paperback)
excellent. one shouldn't expect anything less from the GABE. The reference complete GABE's first book (1993) about REXX. not a day goes by without a flip-thru....
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This review is from: REXX with OS/2, TSO, & CMS Features Quick Reference Guide (Mainframe Technical Series) (Paperback)
Gabe Gargiulo's REXX Quick Reference Guide, published by MVS Training, Inc. is a must have for anyone who writes code in REXX on any platform. The book is a well-organized reference guide that explains every REXX function, verb and reserved variable. The book covers the REXX language in alphabetical order so it is easy to find what you are looking for. For example, to learn more about the PARSE statement, simply look in the "P" pages. This is a handy format for quick reference guides because most people use them for specific help on specific coding problems. Maybe a function or very basic parameters that a programmer has never used before and he or she needs to know more about them. Or, maybe a programmer noted a feature of some function during earlier research but didn't have a need for it at the time. Now, they have a need for the untried feature and want to know how it works. Here is where a books like this is invaluable. Interspersed throughout the books are some useful informational topics. These include compatiblity issues for REXX for cross-platform code, concatenation-both within the REXX language and for the SYSEXEC/SYSPROC DD names of TSO, a full explanation of how to exploit functions, edit macros and finally, precedence of operators. These extra topics all serve as valuable aids to REXX programming that can't be pinned down to a specific verb or function. This book wouldn't be appropriate for someone who doesn't already have some familiarity with REXX-it is not a "how-to" or tutorial on the REXX language. Instead, it is the kind of book that a REXX programmer should have close by when he or she is about to "get creative" and do some power coding. Personally, I always find these types of books useful. A typical thing that happens to me is that I spot something that the author documents as a language feature that I had been coding "by hand" for years. That is, I discover a better and easier way to accomplish something. I then adopt the "new" (to me) technique permanently. I like that. It makes me a better, faster and more accurate programmer!
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This review is from: REXX with OS/2, TSO, & CMS Features Quick Reference Guide (Mainframe Technical Series) (Paperback)
I bought this book today.After going thru it, I found that its not worthy of the price $33. It doesn't handle REXX+ISPF programming part.
Just a good tool for writting simple REXX programs
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