Philipp Thomas wrote:
* Hechler Family (dahechler@charter.net) [20080528 06:54]:
Coming from a 24 year mainframe and midrange background and being left hanging out to dry - slowly, why was REXX never made mainstream in Linux?
Because Unix/Linux had other choices. I don't know about the mainframe stuff, but os/2's cmd only had very limited batch features making REXX the choice for serious scripting. Linux had powerfull shells plus a diverse bunch of scripting languages, most prominently perl and python, so there wasn't much interest in REXX.
Philipp
I used to do some REXX scripts on OS/2 and found it had a lot of really nice stuff in it. It was also available on the Amiga IIRC. I still have a copy of "Teach yourself Rexx in 21 Days", by Bill & Ester Schindler. I also have a REXX "Redbook" here somewhere. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org