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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."

2 of 216 comments (clear)

  1. Whoohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sure all 3 users of Amiga and OS/2 are overjoyed with the news.

  2. Re:What (a)rexx did that was so useful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You get that kind of consistency when platforms are short-lived, tightly commercially controlled, and/or just not very commercially successful. You can choose to be on that kind of platform even today if that works for you. Many people, in fact, do (maybe Macintosh would appeal to you).