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From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ARexx question
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Date: 2 Oct 88 23:10:26 GMT
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> *Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 30-Sep-88 Re: ARexx question Chuck*
> *McManis@Sun.COM (4222)*

>  Now let's bring it
> closer to home, what about a compiler that has a ARexx port? Now you
> can set up a "compile" menu option *IN ANY REXX COMPATIBLE EDITOR*
> and have an integrated environment. The compiler notes errors and
> positions the cursor for you, even jumping to other source files
> if necessary. Now you have a Borland Turbo Pascal like environment
> except that the compilers and editors are all interchangable. Some
> people compile Modula-2, others C, fortran, or Assembler! Some us
> vi like editors, some use EMACS like editors. That's *powerful*.

So when is Lattice or Manx going to add an AREXX port to their compiler?  Given
the ferocity of the competition between them, this would be a big selling point
that wouldn't be a big deal to implement.

                        --M


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