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From: oasis@gary.watson.ibm.com (GA.Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: looking for interpreter / macro language facility
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Date: 23 May 91 18:59:00 GMT
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REXX is a very good choice of languages for string manipulation and
command construction... looping and handling condition codes are
also very well done.  REXX is available from many vendors for VMS,
DOS, and unix.

gary a hoffman
RISC Systems, Watson Research