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- From: peter@engcorp.com (Peter Hansen)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: Decent DOS REXX ???
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 14:00:35 GMT
- Organization: Engenuity Corporation
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <changi0.9m.28B9D3$06f@engcorp.com>
- References: <DK3uAq.9uH@discus.technion.ac.il> <4bmpd3$veo@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4c16dn$iir@linet02.li.net>
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- In <4c16dn$iir@linet02.li.net>, dave-a@newshost.li.net (dave anderson) writes:
- >normann@ibm.net wrote:
- >: Whether any shareware DOS-REXX exist is possible, but why not try the
- >: PC-DOS ver. 7.0? It comes with REXX built into it, and it's quite speedy.
- >
- >I was just thinking of PC-DOS and its REXX. Can it access the DLL's that
- >are availble for OS/2? Mainly REXXUTIL.DLL
-
- No. REXXUTIL.DLL and other DLLs are effectively OS/2 programs, and you
- can't execute any OS/2 programs from DOS.
-
- On the other hand, the REXX in PC DOS 7.0 does provide for expansion via
- a similar technique, only the .RX file involved doesn't "stick" in
- memory the way a .DLL does. It is quite simple to write C programs that
- extend PC DOS 7.0, however, as far as I could tell from the included
- documentation (which is online in the .INF format, which _is_ compatible
- with OS/2!).
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