This topic describes new BCPii function in z/OS®:
- BCPii APIs support applications using the REXX programming
language - Previously, z/OS BCPii
APIs supported only applications that were using either the C or assembler
programming languages. In z/OS Version
2 Release 1, BCPii provides a new REXX host command environment to
allow REXX applications to easily use the BCPii APIs. The z/OS System REXX, TSO/E REXX, and
independent software vendor (ISV) provided REXX programming environments
are supported.
- Minimized traffic to the support element (SE) - Efficiencies
are built into the BCPii code to reduce the time it takes to perform
queries when multiple attributes are requested on HWIQUERY requests,
as well as practically all HWILIST requests.
When change was introduced: z/OS V2R1.
Reference information: z/OS MVS Programming: Callable Services for High-Level Languages