Re: [netrexx-pipelines] ooRexx has a pipe with some stages too (Re: Ad ooRexx scopes, ... (Re: Migrate OS/2 pipelines to NetRexx Pipes

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Hello Rony!

Am 13.06.2022 um 13:29 schrieb Rony G. Flatscher:
> ooRexx comes with a pipe.cls that defines the following stages:
>
>     ::class pipeStage public                       -- base
> pipeStage class
>     ::class SecondaryConnector subclass pipeStage
> [...]

Nice! It is also part of ooRexx 4.2.0 (Feb 22 2014), but recently
somebody (bigrixx) added some more stages.

> To see how one can use the ooRexx pipe.cls look up
> "ooRexx\samples\usepipe.cls".

Probably a typo: ...\usepipe.rex

> If you look up pipe.cls you should
> also see the programming pattern of the stages such that you might
> be able to add new stages of your own.

Yes -- if all else fails ;)

> It may be the case that your needs can be met with the means
> ooRexx has on board already.

Honestly, what I "do need" (I'm hobbyist) can be done with ooRexx.
My zest/request/demand for pipelines is because I am used to it.
Formerly, at work, Pipelines _multiplied_ the value of the
mainframe by 2..3 for me concerning my "challenge". Many tasks are
solved much simpler by "pipe-thinking" it, less code is also less
habitat for bugs. But -- frankly -- what is the big advantage,
what makes the difference? For me it's foremost the vast number of
possible sources and sinks for data flow, married with a
practice-oriented set of stages that covers almost unlimited
possibilities.

This said (many words with just the intention not to debase any
effort to copy the role model) I hope you fathom that for me "the
Book" -- http://vm.marist.edu/%7Epipeline/pipeline.pdf -- is the
point of reference. And assumedly you also know the warning about
"those with one book only" ;)

Best,
M.