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Re: A small ARexx example, and other useful tidbits . . .

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From: Kim DeVaughn
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1988 18:14
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In article <26223@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, I wrote:
> 
>                    Note too, that this example makes implicit use of IPC
> to communicate to AmigaDOS (where it invokes the "say" command [line 19],
> and also where it invokes whatever is equated to "speak" [lines 8, 59, 60,
> and 62], which in this case is "mumble").

Ooooops!  The "say" command on line 19 refers to the *internal* ARexx
command "say" ... roughly the REXX equivalent to "printf()".  Sorry
for any confusion this may have caused ...

/kim


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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A small ARexx example, and other useful tidbits . . .
Message-ID: <26587@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 4 Apr 88 18:14:22 GMT
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Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Keywords: Warning: also contains a small assembly language example!