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From: tenny@z.dec.com (Dave Tenny | DTN 225-6089)
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Subject: AREXX and ICP
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Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 13:04:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  6 13:04:00 1987
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Having coded many things in REXX using VM/CMS, and many scripts
on Ultrix; I'll take REXX anyday.  A good implementation can be really
fast, the biggest performance problem on CMS was when you allocated
lots of stemmed variables (and de-allocated).  I think REXX got tied
up in free storage calls.  I've always thought perhaps a way to 
pre-allocate lots of storage in REXX would be useful.

If Mr. da Silva would care to declare any REXX experience,
I'll be happy to take his Unix religion with more than a grain of salt.

I'd love a REXX for the Amiga!

Dave Tenny
VAX LISP development.
(Please won't somebody write Common Lisp for the Amiga...)