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From: James_E_Gary@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: Arexx
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Date: 27 Aug 88 02:29:24 GMT
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It is hard to put it into few words. AREXX is a full featured programming
language that communicates very well with the operating system. You could
think of it as a very fancy 'macro' language. If fact if you get WShell,
then you will probably never write another 'execute' script. You get all
the file handling, procedures, parameters, etc. that you expect from a
programming language, but it is trivial to issue commands to the CLI also.
The integration to other programs is almost like another product. AREXX can
send commands to other programs as easily as to the CLI, and with the
library and header files that come with AREXX it is very easy to make your
program communicate with AREXX. And of course, any two programs that
communicate with AREXX can be glued together through an AREXX program.
As more software sports an AREXX interface, your system becomes highly
integrated and customizable. Even without AREXX interfaces, programs that
are controllable through command lines are easily accessible.
-James