Re: If anyone is interested

de Lee Peedin 06/03/2006 10:54

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:54:54 GMT, Craig <netburgherAT@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Caesar Romano wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:42:39 GMT, Lee Peedin
>> <lpeedinDONOTSPAME@nc.rr.com> wrote Re If anyone is interested:
>>
>>
>>>Even if you're not a programmer, but have an interest in learning a
>>>language (Rexx) ...<deleted>...>
>>
>> Do you have any recommendations for a freeware Rexx to run under
>> winXP? I would be interested in that.
>
>Caesar;
>
>The OP's original post referenced /pragmaticlee.safedataisp.net/. It
>has all the info on his organization's implementation of Rexx, inc. the
>F/OSS oorex d/l (sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119701).
>
>hth,
>-Craig

Thanks Craig,
You saw this Caesar's post ahead of me. ooRexx (Open Object Rexx)
(www.oorexx.org) is the F/OSS version of IBM's former commercial
product Object Rexx. IBM turned the source code over to the RexxLA
(www.rexxla.org) in 2005. The current release includes Windows &
Linux. Version 3.1 is due to be released in the next couple of weeks
and will also include versions for AIX and Mac OsX. Yep, that's
right, a gentleman in Europe has successfully compiled ooRexx for use
on the Mac and has made his "finding" part of the open source project!
As part of the turnover from IBM to the RexxLA of Object Rexx, we also
received the source to all the documentation. This documentation has
been corrected/cleaned up and kept up to date making ooRexx "probably"
the best documented open source project available.

Version 4.0 is in development (with no scheduled release date yet)
that will be a complete rewrite of the APIs and will be a 64 bit
version. ooRexx is a very "active" project with over 20,000 downloads
in a little more than a year since it became FREE.

The RexxLA is a NFP organization that promotes the use of Rexx (any
flavor) on any platform. We hold an annual Symposium (usually in
Apr/May). This year we were in Austin, TX. While ooRexx is FREE, I'm
afaid we have to charge for membership in the RexxLA. It will
probably shock you when you see the annual costs, but just remember,
our group includes everyone from first-time users all the way to Mike
Cowlishaw (the "father" of Rexx). Membership is a whopping $24.00
(US) per year. :-)

I'm not here to promote the RexxLA although we'd sure like to have new
members. My goal is to promote the use of Rexx. The project lead for
the ooRexx SourceForge project is non other than the IBM employee that
originally moved "classic Rexx" to Object Rexx on OS/2.

Dr. Rony Flatscher of Austria recently released a very powerful tool
for Rexx called BSF4Rexx
(http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/rgf/rexx/bsf4rexx/current/). This allows
Rexx to call and use any Java class and Java to call and use any
ooRexx class. This product/tool is also open source & FREE. My
Symposium presentation this year was crossplatform GUI development
with ooRexx using Java AWT, Swing, & SWT classes. Some screen shots
are included in a zip file on my website I mentioned in the OP.

Anyone interested in Rexx is welcomed to post here or comp.lang.rexx
and I promise you, you will get assistance!

Lee