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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 . 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]]. | 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. 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 OS/2 | 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== | ==Version== | ||
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==License== | ==License== | ||
* Commercial software | * Commercial software | ||
==Local articles== | |||
* [http://www.edm2.com/0202/persrexx.html A Review of Personal REXX for OS/2] by [[Jonathan Story]] | * [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]] | * [http://www.edm2.com/0304/personalrx.html A Brief Look at Personal REXX] by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 2 November 2016
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. 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
- Version 3.0
- Personal REXX for Windows 3.x/95
- Version 3.0
- Version 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
Author
- Mansfield Software Group
- Quercus Systems [1]
- Charles Daney