Coming from a 24 year mainframe and midrange background and being left hanging out to dry - slowly, why was REXX never made mainstream in Linux? To my knowledge, it is still heavily used In production in shops that still have the mainframe and midrange, as a crossover / cross interface tool with Windows and Linux. In my usages, I did some simple things, like, build a text based horizontal and vertical bar chart report writer converted from BASIC, to my most complicated was to read 370 object code and re-create to 370 Assembler Source -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org