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Description

NetRexx is an open source general-purpose programming language. It is a variant of the REXX programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine and in addition to the common REXX feature it has simplified syntax in some cases, Java-like object oriented extensions, unlimited precision arithmetic, better internet and/or networking integration and the ability to be either an interpreter or compile to a Java executable.

NetRexx has an interesting history, when IBM was writing their own Java stack on OS/2 in 1995, Mike Cowlishaw implemented a version of REXX that would run under the Java environment, and released it in 1996. This was not only the first external language to be released under the Java system, it did not compile to Java code but to Java bytecode, so it was also the first program to take advantage of the JVM as a runtime environment rather than as a Java environment. NetRexx is written in itself.

Versions

Latest Version: 3.03
NetRexx v2.0.5 - Works better on old 1.x Java versions

Links

IBM WebSite [1]
RexxLA NetREXX official homepage [2]

License

International Components for Unicode License (ICU) V1.8.1.

Author

IBM
RexxLA
Mike Cowlishaw (Original author)

Publications

NetRexx books Hobbes
The EurOS/2 NetRexx page
Creating Java Applications using NetRexx - IBM RedBook - (10 Septiembre 1997)

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 ==Description==
-NetRexx[2] is an open source, originally IBM's, variant of the REXX programming language to run on the Java virtual machine.
+NetRexx is an [[open source]] general-purpose programming language. It is a variant of the REXX programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine and in addition to the common REXX feature it has simplified syntax in some cases, Java-like object oriented extensions, unlimited precision arithmetic, better internet and/or networking integration and the ability to be either an interpreter or compile to a Java executable.
-On 2011-06-08 NetRexx was open sourced by IBM and given to the RexxLA association.
+NetRexx has an interesting history, when IBM was writing their own Java stack on OS/2 in 1995, [[Mike Cowlishaw]] implemented a version of REXX that would run under the Java environment, and released it in 1996. This was not only the first external language to be released under the Java system, it did not compile to Java code but to Java [[bytecode]], so it was also the first program to take advantage of the JVM as a runtime environment rather than as a Java environment. NetRexx is written in itself.
 ==Versions==
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 * [[IBM]]
 * [[RexxLA]]
-* [[Mike Cowlishaw]]
+* [[Mike Cowlishaw]] (Original author)
 ==Related Articles==
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 * [http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg242216.html Creating Java Applications using NetRexx] - IBM RedBook - (10 Septiembre 1997)
-[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Java Tools]] [[Category:Programming Languages]]
+[[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Java Tools]] [[Category:Programming Languages]] [[Category:Open Source Software]] [[Category:Software Written in NetRexx]]