Personal REXX: Difference between revisions

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A version of REXX originally introduced by Mansfield Software in 1985 as a part of their KEDIT software package for DOS, but to make it fully compatible with more recent versions of the IBM editors a REXX interpreter was needed.

History

The company then made a standalone version of it available under the "Personal REXX" name and in 1988 delivered an OS/2 version of it. Marketing was moved to a company called Quercus Systems in the spring of 1991 and Mansfield renamed their version KEXX. Quercus Systems was already selling Personal REXX in a bundle with their terminal emulator/communications software package REXXterm.

Despite the inclusion of a free version of REXX in IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 and up, Quercus ported their version to 32-bit OS/2 and sold it as a kind of a "turbo REXX" with more features and speed, but fully compatible with the standard version. The company later ported the system to Microsoft Windows.

Version

Personal REXX for DOS

1.5 (1986)
1.60 (1987)
2.0 (1988)
3.0 (1991)

Personal REXX for OS/2

2.0 (1988)
3.0

Personal REXX for Windows 3.x/95

3.0
3.5 (Dec 1995)

Personal REXX for Windows NT

License

Commercial software

Local articles

Author

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-==Description==
+A version of [[REXX]] originally introduced by ''Mansfield Software'' in 1985 as a part of their [[KEDIT]] software package for DOS, but to make it fully compatible with more recent versions of the IBM editors a REXX interpreter was needed.
-A version of [[REXX]] originally introduced by Mansfield Software in 1985 as a part of their [[KEDIT]] software package for DOS, but to make it fully compatiable with more recent versions of the IBM editors a REXX interpreter was needed, the company then made a standalone version of it availalbe under the "Pesonal REXX name and in 1988 delivered an OS/2 version of it. Marketing was moved to a company called Quercus Systems systems in the spring of 1991 and Mansfield renamed their version KEXX.
+==History==
+The company then made a standalone version of it available under the "Personal REXX" name and in 1988 delivered an OS/2 version of it. Marketing was moved to a company called [[Quercus Systems]] in the spring of 1991 and Mansfield renamed their version KEXX. Quercus Systems was already selling Personal REXX in a bundle with their terminal emulator/communications software package ''REXXterm''.
+Despite the inclusion of a free version of REXX in [[IBM OS/2 Version 2.0]] and up, Quercus ported their version to 32-bit OS/2 and sold it as a kind of a "turbo REXX" with more features and speed, but fully compatible with the standard version. The company later ported the system to [[Microsoft Windows]].
 ==Version==
+;Personal REXX for DOS
+* 1.5 (1986)
+* 1.60 (1987)
+* 2.0 (1988)
+* 3.0 (1991)
+;Personal REXX for OS/2
+* 2.0 (1988)
+* 3.0
+;Personal REXX for Windows 3.x/95
+* 3.0
+* 3.5 (Dec 1995)
+;Personal REXX for Windows NT
+==License==
+* Commercial software
+==Local articles==
+* [[A Review of Personal REXX for OS/2]] by [[Jonathan Story]]
+* [[A Brief Look at Personal REXX]] by [[Gordon Zeglinski]]
-==Publications==
-====Local articles====
-* [http://www.edm2.com/0202/persrexx.html A Review of Personal REXX for OS/2] by [[Jonathan Story]]
-* [http://www.edm2.com/0304/personalrx.html A Brief Look at Personal REXX] by [[Gordon Zeglinski]]
 ==Author==
 * [[Mansfield Software Group]]
 * [[Quercus Systems]]
-* Charles Daney
-[[Category:Tools]][[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]][[Category:REXX]]
+[[Category:REXX Interpreter]]