Computing Dictionary
Restructured EXtended eXecutor definition
language (REXX, or "System Product Interpreter", originally known as "REX") A
scripting language for
IBM VM and
MVS systems, developed by M. Cowlishaw at
IBM ca. 1979, replacing
EXEC2.
Versions: PC-Rexx for
MS-DOS,
AREXX for the
Amiga, the
OS/2 implementation from IBM, WINREXX (Rexx for Windows, from
Quercus systems) and Personal Rexx (Rexx for MS-DOS, from Quercus systems).
See also
Regina,
freerexx,
imc.
REXXWARE is an implementation of
REXX for
Novell NetWare.
Usenet newsgroup:
news:comp.lang.rexx.
["The REXX Language: A Practical Approach to Programming", M.F. Cowlishaw, 1985].
(1992-05-13)
