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From: schwartz@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
Subject: Re: REXX: What is it? (AREXX)?)
Keywords: REXX
Message-ID: <1989Dec12.160943.16118@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu>
Date: 12 Dec 89 16:09:43 GMT
References: <1585@bnlux0.bnl.gov> <1989Dec10.203627.10443@NCoast.ORG> <[25835d33:21.3]comp.lang.rexx;1@tronsbox.UUCP> <5888@alvin.mcnc.org>
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In article <5888@alvin.mcnc.org> brooking@mcnc.org (Jim Brooking) writes:
>I can't resist saying that REXX is, in fact a full-featured programming
>language complete with variables, arrays, ALL known control structures

Not really...  It doesn't have continuations (like Scheme or
Self), nor does it have coroutines (like the unix shell languages!).

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Scott Schwartz		<schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu>
"More mips; cheaper mips; never too many." -- John Mashey