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From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: REXX command standards
Message-ID: <18391aac.ARN2504@starsoft.UUCP>
Date: 17 Nov 90 21:39:24 GMT
References: <1990Nov13.182755.12081@maytag.waterloo.edu>
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In article <1990Nov13.182755.12081@maytag.waterloo.edu>, Eric Giguere writes:

> In article <1990Nov12.224249.18759@sisd.kodak.com> jeh@sisd.kodak.com (Ed Hanway) writes:
> >Of course, each program is unique, but there should be some standardization
> >of a common subset of commands for each application.
>
> Actually, there is work going on right now to do just that... it should bear
> fruit in a few months, I think, but it will be a while before old programs
> will start adapting these standards.  This is a problem across any system
> that uses something like ARexx as a general-purpose macro language...
>

Could you be a bit more specific on this?

I am in the process of developing an AREXX compatable program. I would
like to use this "standard", it it appears to be useable.

Where can I get info on it?

Dave

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