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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
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Subject: Re: IAC (was Re: Clipboard (was Re: The Amiga's Future))
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Date: 8 Jun 91 18:45:10 GMT
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rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:

>arexx commands. Arexx is a standardized language dating back to
>really old mainframes. ANSI is standardizing it now to bring
>IBM OS/2's Rexx, Amiga, and everyone else into sync with the new features.

  A question to Arexx users.  Is Arexx a "nice" language?  How does it
compare to say, a language like Basic, or C?  

>do i = 1 to 100
>  send 'i||*R' /* The *R is an escape code to send a newline */
>end

  Hmmm.  *R for a newline? Intuitive?  
Playing devil's advocate for a moment - isn't the fact that Rexx was
originally designed for old IBM mainframes a big black mark against it?
Is it really appropriate for microcomputer users?

Would you prefer (instead of Arexx) to have a C-like
language?  Or even a structured Basic as Bill Gates seems to want
everybody to use...


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