Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz shmuelmetz

Seymour J. Metz

Hebrew: Shmuel (שמואל בן ל״ביש)

I write packages and tools in multiple programming languages and technical papers on computing and mathematics, among other things. My personal web site contains creative works that I have produced, e.g., parody songs, tee shirts, both humorous and political.

Interests

Computer architecture
Drama
- Musical theater
- Opera
- Plays
  - Shakespeare
  - Shaw
Literature
- Comedy of Manners
- Fantasy, especially hard or humorous
- Parody
- Poetry, especially with a strong meter
- Science fiction, especially hard
Mathematics
Music
- Classical
- Folk
Programming languages
Science

AI guidelines

See AI-Priming for the guidelines governing AI interactions and code generation for my projects.

Papers

I have published technical papers on computing and mathematics.

A PC Neophyte's Guide to Self Defense, PC Systems & Support (October 1993)
Practicing Safe REXX on the Desktop, or Will They Still Respect My Code in the Morning?, OS/2 Magazine, Volume 2 Number 2 (February 1995), p. 40 (2up, PDF) — reprinted in RexxLA Newsletter, part 1 (December 1998), part 2 (January 1999)
Practicing Safe REXX in the Enterprise, or Will They Still Respect My Code in the Morning?, NaSPA (issue and page TBD)
1801.05775 — Local Coordinate Spaces: a proposed unification of manifolds and fiber bundles, and associated machinery
1906.11690 — Towards a taxonomy of atlases and of morphisms between them

Repositories

Repository	Visibility
Local-Coordinate-Spaces — 1801.05775 Local Coordinate Spaces: a proposed unification of manifolds and fiber bundles, and associated machinery; 1906.11690 Towards a taxonomy of atlases and of morphisms between them	public
LaTeX-Semantic-Markup — Semantic markup macros written in expl3	public
AI-Priming — Language-specific rule sets for priming AI engines	public
ISPF-IDz-mapping — Tables of IDz editor (LPEX, HLASM Editor) equivalents to ISPF/PDF EDIT commands	public
Safe-REXX — Safe REXX on the Desktop and in the Enterprise: merged and updated edition	private¹
Tools — Personal tools	public
Pygments-Extensions — Enhancements to Pygments, e.g., lexers	public
Personal — Personal website, shirts, and tools	private
FT-2-to-Gramps — Migration from Family Tree/2 to Gramps	private

¹ Will become public.

Projects

#	Project	Description	Visibility
17	Rexx-lint	Rexx/ooRexx linter	private¹
16	ISPF-IDz-mapping	Tables of IDz editor (LPEX, HLASM Editor) equivalents to ISPF/PDF EDIT commands	private¹
15	FT-2-to-Gramps	Migration from Family Tree/2 to Gramps	private
14	Safe-REXX	Safe REXX on the Desktop and in the Enterprise: merged and updated edition	private¹
13	AI-Priming	Language-specific rule sets for priming AI engines	private¹
10	Pygments IBM Extensions	Enhancements to Pygments, e.g., lexers	private¹
9	personal tee shirts	Humorous and political tee shirts	private
8	Personal Website	Personal website, shirts, and tools	private
7	M-Atlas	1906.11690 Towards a taxonomy of atlases and of morphisms between them	private¹
6	LCS	1801.05775 Local Coordinate Spaces: a proposed unification of manifolds and fiber bundles, and associated machinery	private¹
5	ctan-semantic-markup	Semantic markup macros written in expl3	private¹

¹ Will become public.

Mailing lists

LISTSERV:

TSO-REXX — TSO/E REXX; active but low volume. To subscribe: email LISTSERV@VM.MARIST.EDU with body SUBSCRIBE TSO-REXX Firstname Lastname To signoff: same address, body SIGNOFF TSO-REXX
IBM-MAIN — IBM mainframe topics. To subscribe: email listserv@listserv.ua.edu with body SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Firstname Lastname To signoff: same address, body SIGNOFF IBM-MAIN

RexxLA (groups.io):

rexxla-members — RexxLA members list; join at rexxla.org
rexxla-arb — RexxLA Architecture Review Board list

Internet presence

Email: smetz3@gmu.edu
Web: https://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
LinkedIn: seymour-metz-a89915152
ORCID: 0000-0002-6358-8257
arXiv: metz_s_1
GitHub: shmuelmetz
Stack Exchange: shmuel — Mathematica, Mathematics, TeX, Unix & Linux
Wikipedia: Chatul

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