NAME

String::RexxStack - Introduction to RexxStack modules

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

RexxStack is an implementation of a more elaborate stack data structure than a regular stack. This structure (and its related functions) has always been an extension to the Rexx framework in platforms like CMS, Amiga, OS/2, and Unix to serve as a glue-macro language not just between applications, but also to interface operations between the operating system, the shell, and the applications. In Unix speak, it is similar to a daemon able to funnel data between separate applications and perhaps the shell itself.

 It is a more elaborate data structure than a regular stack since 

 (a) It contains buffers within the stack, and stack operations 
     can be applied within a region of the stack, 

 (b) It support multiple stacks in stack- within-stack fashion, 

 (c) It supports both a Perlish and Rexx systax -- the Rexx syntax 
     is probably simpler, and 

 (d) The stack scope can be internal to  the application (as usual), or 
     the Stack can run as a daemon to enable sharing of data between 
     network applications, or you could use both the internal plus the 
     networking stacks at the same time.

Since every stack is actually a stack-of-stacks, this documentation uses both terms interchangeably.

The implementation of RexxStack is locate in module String::RexxStack::Named.pm . The network applications are bin/rexstack.pm and bin/rexqueue.pm, and although they have been implemented and tested, in order to expedite this release, I decided to withhold publication of everything related to networking for a future day. Send me an email if you need an advanced copy.

Roadmap

Internal RexxStack

 This release.

External & Internal RexxStack

Implements rxstack and rxqueue (the networking interface). The code has been implemented, documented, and passed all tests. Is is still alpha and not ready for release.

Multi-threaded External & Internal RexxStack

After the simple version of rxstack is released, the rxstack will probably be implemented as a threaded server.

AUTHOR

Ioannis Tambouras, <ioannis@earthlink.net>

SEE ALSO

String::RexxStack::Named.pm, String::RexxStack::Single.pm, String::TieStack, regina(1)