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From: kevin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Kevin Klop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: missplaced icons
Message-ID: <13255@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 17 Jul 90 19:28:32 GMT
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Reply-To: kevin@cbmvax (Kevin Klop)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <4306@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> jdickson@jpl-mil.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
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>	Can someone please tell me what Arexx is ? Is there an implementation
>guide available ?
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>Jeff S. Dickson					jdickson@jpl-mil.jpl.nasa.gov

AREXX is an implementation of the REXX language for the Amiga.  Essentially,
it is a scripting language that allows you to control those applications
that have "an AREXX port".  This offerse several benefits to you.

	1) A consistent base set of instructions common across all the
	   applications.

	2) An easy way to cause several programs to interact with each other,
	   share data, etc.

AREXX is now part of OS 2.0, and the 2.0 documentation set contains a section
on AREXX.  If, on the other hand, you do not want to wait for 2.0 to get
started with AREXX, I believe that the original implementor of AREXX,
Bill Hawes, still sells his original version of it.

	William S. Hawes
	P.O. Box 308
	Maynard MA 01754


			-- Kevin --

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