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Characteristics of OPS/REXX Programs

You can execute an OPS/REXX program in any of these ways:

Use the OPSEXEC and OPSIMEX commands to execute OPS/REXX programs in source code or precompiled format. Use the OXCOMP and OICOMP commands to compile OPS/REXX programs without executing them.

When used with the AOF, OPS/REXX programs have a special structure and are called rules. Outside the AOF environment, OPS/REXX programs are called programs.

Unless you have precompiled rules, the CA OPS/MVS product compiles rules when you activate them with the ENABLE command and runs them strictly from their internal form (rather than reloading and reinterpreting them each time they are needed). Outside the AOF environment, OPS/REXX programs execute from source code or from staged internal forms.