Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!udel!mmdf From: vkr%osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu%UDEL.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: ARexx question Message-ID: <4504@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 4 Oct 88 05:25:43 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 51 Received: from CUNYVM by CUNYVM.BITNET (Mailer X2.00) with BSMTP id 7079; Tue, 04 Oct 88 01:04:52 EDT Received: from UDEL.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.1) with TCP; Tue, 04 Oct 88 01:04:49 EDT Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Louie.UDEL.EDU id ap10567; 3 Oct 88 18:16 EDT Received: from USENET by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa10438; 3 Oct 88 18:01 EDT From: vkr%osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu@UDEL.EDU Subject: Re: ARexx question Message-ID: <4388@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 88 21:58:13 GMT To: amiga-relay@UDEL.EDU Sender: amiga-relay-request@UDEL.EDU Received: from CUNYVM by CUNYVM.BITNET (Mailer X2.00) with BSMTP id 5161; Fri, 30 Sep 88 20:34:14 EDT Received: from UDEL.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.1) with TCP; Fri, 30 Sep 88 20:34:09 EDT Received: from Louie.UDEL.EDU by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa14157; 30 Sep 88 16:56 EDT Received: from USENET by Louie.UDEL.EDU id aa14052; 30 Sep 88 16:48 EDT From: "Vidhyanath K. Rao" Subject: Re: ARexx question Message-ID: <894@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> Date: 30 Sep 88 20:13:08 GMT Organization: Dept of Math., Ohio St. U. at Newark To: amiga-relay@UDEL.EDU Sender: amiga-relay-request@UDEL.EDU In article <8759@watdragon.waterloo.edu> bmacintyre@watsol.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) writes: >Ok, I've been reading about ARexx, programs that support it, etc. [...] > What exactly is it the point of having an ARexx port in a program? [...] There are two advantages: The first is getting a full fledged macro language (almost) for free. Right now that seems to have caught everybody's attention. Especially since macros with loops, condintional execution and recursion are not that common in many applications running on micros. Another advantage is the fact that AREXX allows the end user to 'integrate' programs of his/her choice. For example, I can use Emacs or DME or TxEd(Plus) or UEdit or (you get the idea) with AmigaTeX and do so in an integrated fashion like in the built-in editors on certain other micro implementations. The key point is that it is I who selects the editor. There is a whole new territory that is as yet unexplored: ARexx function hosts. Since I don't know of any example (except ARexx itself) I don't know what is possible, but it is promising. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [What is a signature and how do I get one] Nath Rao vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu