Re: REXX and OS/2

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From: Barry King
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 07:49

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jrs@panix.com (Jon Saxton) writes:

> 
> Don't laugh.  I've just installed 6.304E and was delighted to discover that
> REXX is a standard feature of CMD.EXE.  How long has this been the case?  I
> had the Microsoft SDK versions #1, #2 and #3 but didn't know about REXX.
> Did those versions support it without telling me how?
> 
> SDK #3 = 6.123.  I never had any version between that and 6.304E.

REXX has been around in the EE version of OS/2 for a little while now.  
You can even call PM functions from REXX.  basically, anyhting that lives 
in a DLL can be called by a REXX program - quite slick.  Kinda makes 
programming .cmd files fun...

Barry King              bking@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton Remote Systems:  Celebrating 10 years of service to Northern Alberta

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From: bking@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Barry King)
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