Python as REXX replacement?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.991666506.18899.python-list at python.org>,
Scherer, Bill <Bill.Scherer at VerizonWireless.com> wrote:
>
>IBM has ported Python v1.4. see:
>http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/python.html

That doesn't appear to be particularly helpful.  While programs written
under Python 1.4 will be mostly forward-compatible, there have been a lot
of changes that are *not* backward-compatible.  More than that, this runs
under the IBM "Unix services", not under VM or MVS.
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