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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
Subject: Re: REXX: What is it? (AREXX)?)
Summary: .BAT's are nowhere near as powerfull as Rexx
Message-ID: <1989Dec10.203627.10443@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 10 Dec 89 20:36:27 GMT
References: <1585@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <HAROLDT.89Dec6021857@yunexus.yorku.ca>
Reply-To: davewt@ncoast.ORG (David Wright)
Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH
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	Actually, Rexx is much more than a scripting language. .BAT files
in MS-Dos are worthless compared to a real script language like Unix/Xenix
Sh/Csh/Ksh shells, and even those are very limited compared to Rexx. Rexx
allows programs to talk directly to each other, and pass along information
that the other program might need to run. This is MUCH different than a
simple input/output redirection or pipe, as it can go both ways, and can exist
for the life of the 2 programs. One of the better examples would be having
a database that could take a phone number from a record, send it to the
communications package of your choice, have the comm package dial the
correct system, download a list of files generated by another program,
with all the programs running at the same time.