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Seymour J. Shmuel Metz  
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From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamt...@library.lspace.org.invalid>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:40:40 -0400
Local: Fri, Aug 10 2012 10:40 am
Subject: Re: Converting from Classic Rexx to ooRexx
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In <5pg72810h34pgo2n4psjm2tdqps7lp4...@4ax.com>, on 08/09/2012
   at 07:25 AM, Jennifer Murphy <JenMur...@jm.invalid> said:

>* How to find and use the editor.

Why do you need a special editor?

>I have often wondered why Rexx is not more widely used. Compared
>to VB and VBA, which are an inholy mess,

A FPOS being pushed by an 800 lb gorilla has traction.

>Rexx has to be an order of magnitude more productive.

That wouldn't surprise me.

>It seems like it could compete very well with other languages like
>R and Perl.

Rexx needs an equivalent to CPAN and robust regex[1] support.

[1] Note that Perl regexen do more than just regular expressions.

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