# Is CLIST's still a thing?

**URL:** <https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450>\
**Category:** COBOL technical questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450 "2020-04-16T20:15:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![adavidc06](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openmainframeproject.org/adavidc06/32/501_2.png) [@adavidc06](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/adavidc06)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450/1 "2020-04-16T20:15:18Z")

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Is CLIST’S still used today? or is it in a phase out stage?

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**Author:** ![SAD](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openmainframeproject.org/sad/32/577_2.png) [@SAD](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/SAD)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450/2 "2020-04-16T23:26:08Z")

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COBOL is a programming language and the code is usually run either via a transaction (within CICS), or in batch via JCL. To build JCL, control your working environment and for other needs, CLISTs are often used as a scripting language. REXX is used too, but less frequently.

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**Author:** ![tsparks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@tsparks](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/tsparks)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450/3 "2020-04-17T17:09:41Z")

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Like SAD commented, yes it’s still a viable part of the landscape. However you can (and should) run other ho$ted language$ on z/O$ these days. Just get your checkbook out , it ain’t cheap.

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**Author:** ![marconi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@marconi](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/marconi)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450/4 "2020-07-30T12:43:59Z")

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Yes, and there are still ten thousands of CLISTs at enterprise costumers, who were not ready to convert them into Rexx by any reason. Even IBM has several CLISTS in the system libraries.

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**Author:** ![tsparks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@tsparks](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/tsparks)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/is-clists-still-a-thing/4450/5 "2020-08-31T19:04:26Z")

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Rocket Software… nuff said … if you using REXX or CLISTS for your work … I pity you…