Support of a Rexx interpreter at VS Code level

[FALLAI-Denis]

Hi,

Z Open Editor supports editing of Rexx source codes.
Would it be possible for Z Open Editor, or another extension, to support the execution of the Rexx language at the local level of VS Code?

As a mainframer, I am much more comfortable writing Rexx scripts than writing JavaScript scripts, (and to date totally unable to write TypeScript scripts).

The Rexx language is the scripting language of the IBM world: it is found on all IBM platforms, including the late OS/2, (RIP).
On z/OS we have an mvs variant of Rexx, and a USS variant of Rexx.

A Rexx interpreter requires a binary suitable for the host platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS). But that did not pose a problem for Z Open Editor which embeds an Eclipse version for each of the platforms concerned. So much so that there is an interpreter coded in Java.

To my knowledge, IBM does not offer an implementation of Rexx on non-IBM platforms, or not publicly. It would then be necessary to turn to a third-party implementation.