Rexx from where? Read what?

Frederick Williams

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Nov 6, 2009, 8:01:27 AM11/6/09

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Where may I download Rexx for Windows XP? What should I read to learn
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Mark Hobley

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Nov 6, 2009, 4:08:02 PM11/6/09

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Frederick Williams <frederick...@tesco.net> wrote:
> Where may I download Rexx for Windows XP? What should I read to learn
> it?

You can download rexx from here:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/241737

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Mark.

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Shmuel Metz

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Nov 6, 2009, 3:06:31 PM11/6/09

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In <4AF41E27...@tesco.net>, on 11/06/2009

at 01:01 PM, Frederick Williams <frederick...@tesco.net> said:

>Where may I download Rexx for Windows XP?

Which Rexx? OOREXX? REGINA? Other?

>What should I read to learn it?

If you already know Rexx, read the documentation. If you don't know Rexx,
first[1] try "Rexx in 21 days" by the Schindlers.

[1] If it's not in print and you can't find a used copy, there are
other books available.

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Sahananda

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Nov 6, 2009, 5:56:07 PM11/6/09

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On Nov 6, 8:06 pm, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
<spamt...@library.lspace.org.invalid> wrote:
> In <4AF41E27.FD907...@tesco.net>, on 11/06/2009

> at 01:01 PM, Frederick Williams <frederick.willia...@tesco.net> said:
>
> >Where may I download Rexx for Windows XP?
>
> Which Rexx? OOREXX? REGINA? Other?
>
> >What should I read to learn it?
>
> If you already know Rexx, read the documentation. If you don't know Rexx,
> first[1] try "Rexx in 21 days" by the Schindlers.
>
> [1] If it's not in print and you can't find a used copy, there are
> other books available.
>
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You might find Howard Fosdick rexxinfo site a good place to begin

http://www.rexxinfo.org/index.html

LesK

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Nov 7, 2009, 12:08:15 AM11/7/09

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Start exploring here: http://www.rexxla.org

Select "Links" at the top of the page and you'll find
pointers to lots of Rexx implementations and documentation.

Personally, I use ooRexx because of it's OLE support that
allows me to manipulate Excel worksheets. ooRexx fully
supports Classic Rexx, so all my experience with Rexx on
VM/CMS translates directly over (other than i/o, of
course). The THE editor nicely replaces Xedit, so this
dinosaur became almost immediately productive using a pc. See:

http://www.rexxla.org/events/2007/presentations/lesk1.html

Les (Change Arabic to Roman to email me)

Frederick Williams

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Nov 7, 2009, 7:38:54 AM11/7/09

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"Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" wrote:
>
> In <4AF41E27...@tesco.net>, on 11/06/2009
> at 01:01 PM, Frederick Williams <frederick...@tesco.net> said:
>
> >Where may I download Rexx for Windows XP?
>
> Which Rexx? OOREXX? REGINA? Other?

If I knew that I wouldn't be asking!

> >What should I read to learn it?
>
> If you already know Rexx, read the documentation. If you don't know Rexx,
> first[1] try "Rexx in 21 days" by the Schindlers.

I'll put it on my list. Groan.

LesK

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Nov 7, 2009, 10:02:30 AM11/7/09

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Don't groan! Rexx isn't hard to learn! Start with Ian
Collier's Rexx page within the Links that I gave you
earlier in this thread, and see how easy it is.

If you'd give us some insight as to why/what you want it
for, someone would likely provide some guidance as to what
one to choose. Go beyond your immediate need to what you
might like to use it for in the future.

Les (Change Arabic to Roman to email me)

Frederick Williams

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Nov 9, 2009, 5:26:09 AM11/9/09

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LesK wrote:
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> Start exploring here: http://www.rexxla.org

Thank you.

Frederick Williams

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Nov 9, 2009, 5:27:29 AM11/9/09

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LesK wrote:
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> Don't groan!

It was a little joke-ule:

>> first[1] try "Rexx in 21 days" by the Schindlers.
>
> I'll put it on my list. Groan.

Schindler, Schindler's list.