Re: REXX

Peter Meric (pmeric@nospam.socs.uts.EDU.AU)
Mon, 31 Oct 1994 07:57:48 +1100

On Fri, 28 Oct 1994, Alex Portnoy wrote:

> REXX is a programming language used by OS/2, and is in some ways similar
> to Basic.

Well, it is basically a batch programming language, with some nice features
such as arrays.

> [snip]
>
> Mail me on: APortnoy@nospam.Charlie.SoCS.UTS.Edu.Au if you have made some good
> REXX programs.

Why?

I don't know why you'd really be interested in writing in REXX anyway.
Shell scripts, along with all those nice little progs such as awk and
perl can do so much more, better.

Peter

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