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IBM Open Sources Object Rexx

Posted by michael on from the verbification dept.

dryeo writes "IBM has Open Sourced Object Rexx. IBM Announcement. Source code has been turned over to The Rexx Language Association under the Common Public Licence. Rexx is an interpreted language which has been included in platforms such as the Amiga, OS/2 and AIX, and most IBM mainframes. For a quick overview check out Rexx for everyone."

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  1. Both Amiga and OS/2? by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's like 2 flamefests in one!

  2. Re:Does anyone use it? by ElGuapoGolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there, for instance, any reason I'd want to use it on Linux?

    Yes. You've used Rexx and have a lot of Rexx applications/megascripts written for your OS/2 or Amiga based systems and you want to migrate.

    Come on, that wasn't so hard to figure out.

  3. Ah, Rexx by tkrotchko · · Score: 4, Funny

    Back in my mainframe days, Rexx was the replacement for EXEC and EXEC2 on IBM's VM system leading us to say:

    "REXX is king of the EXEC's"

    Thank you thank you. I'll be here all week.

    --
    You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you
  4. Re:Power... by Pedrito · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks for using ARexx. My knowledge of Rexx allowed me to escape.