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From: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: REXX/AREXX: You know, Like PL/1
Keywords: What does this mean?
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Date: 17 Apr 89 01:45:11 GMT
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Reply-To: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger)
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The syntax of REXX is, indeed, derived from PL/I.
I wouldn't let that scare you off, though.

The functions supplied, the I/O, and lots of other things are
different.  REXX doesn't have pointers, so PL/I pointer messiness
doesn't matter, and also lacks declarations, so PL/I messiness there
also doesn't matter.

I does have psuedo-associative arrays and lots of other nifty things
that PL/I doesn't have.  I am no fan of PL/I, but like ARexx quite a
bit . . .
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