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- From: eberle@ibm.net (Bob Eberle)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: What OS ?
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 14:48:11 GMT
- Organization: RKE Consulting, Inc.
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- In message <3108A04A.3F54BC7E@eurocontrol.de> - Cem Turgay <tur@EUROCONTROL.DE>
- writes:
- :>
- :>paul newport wrote:
- :>>
- :>> I'm new here, and was just wondering what OS people here mainly use when
- :>> using REXX. A cursory look gives the impression that OS/2 seems to
- :>> predominate; are there any AmigaDos or OS/400 REXX users here ?
- :>> Paul Newport
- :>>
- :>
- :>Hi, yes there is. I'm using Rexx in AmigaOS [Arexx] (in home)
- :>and SunOS [uniRexx] (in work).
- :>I've used to use Rexx in IBM 370 mainfremes [original Rexx].
- :>Those three are best Rexx implementations that I ever saw.
- :>
- :>In this list, people generaly talking about the OS/2 Rexx.
- :>My impressions is they have many compatibility problems with
- :>it !
- :>
- :>Cem Turgay
-
- That's interesting. I have not read much on Rexx incompatibility in this
- news group (but then, again, the number of postings limits me to a small
- percentage). In any case, the bulk of my contracts that involve REXX have
- been on IBM VM and MVS machines. To save the customer money, it is quite
- common to do most of the work at the office, signing on remotely to their
- machines. I, personally, use the OS/2 Rexx manual for all my work except for
- the platform-specific work, and so far, I have not had any problems with
- compatibility. In fact, it is not uncommon, where applicable, to program a
- routine to handle both OS/2 and another platform (mainly in the file I/O
- area), and port the code to both machines.
-
-
- Bob Eberle
- RKE Consulting, Inc.
-
-