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- From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: new rexx programmer
- Message-ID: <MARTINC.92Sep13210619@grover.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 01:06:19 GMT
- References: <1992Sep12.819.850@execnet>
- Sender: news@cs.unc.edu
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- Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
- Lines: 51
- In-reply-to: jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com's message of 13 Sep 92 00:48:57 GMT
-
- In article <1992Sep12.819.850@execnet> jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com (jeff zeitlin) writes:
-
- Subject: (was: newbie rexx programmer asks silly questions)
-
- CRM::>Just discovered rexx in the process of writing some OS 2 tools.
-
- CRM::>Question 1: Can someone recommend a particular rexx implementation for
- ::>DOS? Are there any pros and cons to be considered, or is one as good as
- ::>another?
-
- As far as I know, the only DOS implementation of the REXX language
- is Personal Rexx from Quercus Systems, POBox 2157, Saratoga CA
- 95070. Phone +1 408/867-7399, FAX +1 408/867-7489, BBS +1
- 408/867-7488 2400-8N1. Part of the documentation you receive is a
- copy of Cowlishaw, 2ed.
-
- Personal Rexx is available for both DOS and OS/2.
-
- There are also at least two others: The various Rexxes from Kilowatt
- Software, including one that is apparently for Windows and included a
- bunch of Windows human-interface stuff (I've not been able to
- investigate further, but I just got my new catalogue from the
- Programmer's Shop.)
-
- CRM::>Question 2: Given a string like this
-
- CRM::>A*B*C*D*E*F/
-
- WHere/how did this fail? I just tried it on my system, using your
- delimiters and the correction I noted above, and got what I
- expected. Note that I am using the Quercus Systems (Personal) Rexx
- that I mentioned above.
-
- Thanks, we've determined that it was a buggy UNIX implementation here.
- I've since tried it on my OS/2 box at my consulting job and discuovered
- that modulo dyslexing the slash my version worked fine. I also had
- pointed out the fascinating code-squeeze of:
-
- do ix=1 to umpteen while line <> ''
- parse ...
- end
-
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- one I meet,/Who are you that wanted only to be told what you knew
- before?/ Who are you that wanted only a book to join you in your
- nonsense?" _Leaves of Grass_ xxiii.4.
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