REXX

Description

Procedural structured language that is included with every version of OS/2 1.3 and higher, every version of IBM PC-DOS 7.0 and higher and most modern Amiga OS variants and clones. Although REXX is a generic programming language and can be (and has been) used to construct everything from simple utilities to large business applications, it is primarily used as a scripting or macro language. REXX language was created by Mike Cowlishaw of IBM Hursley in 1979 and the first implementation was shipped in 1980.

A list of OS/2 implementations of REXX

• Classic REXX
• Object REXX
• Regina REXX - Open Source - Current

Graphical front ends and REXX development systems

• VX-REXX

Editors with REXX support

• Boxer
• FTE
• Future Wave Editor
• jEdit - Java editor
• KEDIT

A list of DOS implementations of REXX

• BREXX - Open Source - Current
• Classic REXX - Commercial - Comes with PC-DOS versions 5 and higher.
• Compact Rexx (CRX) - Open source - Discontinued.
• Regina REXX - Open Source - Current

A list of REXX implementations that run under Java

• NetRexx

Publications

Local articles

• Roger Orr: OS/2 Procedures Language - REXX - Introductory material
• REXX Tips & Tricks:Sources
• Dave Briccetti: Sending Mail with REXX

Code snippets

• Stupid OS/2 Tricks/REXX Commands

Tutorials and other learning material

• Ian Collier's REXX tutorial

Links

• Ian Collier's REXX page

USENET

• comp.lang.REXX - Surprisingly popular - Go to the Google groups version if you are newsgroup challenged.

Built with REXX

• SRE-HTTP - A web server written primarily in REXX

Standards

• ANSI standard for Rexx (X3.274), Published in 1996.