Mainframe version of REXX is an interpretive language a lot like PLI. All numbers were stored in character form.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Alex Rufon <[email protected]>wrote: > I encountered/used REXX while I was in college. IBM gave away FREE Student > Edition of OS/2 Warp 3. I was lucky enough to have 2 computers (both hand me > downs) then ... a desktop which has OS/2 (I believe installation took 30 > disks) and a "laptop" which only has 205kb memory and runs DOS 3.0 and > wordstar 1 without any harddisk but have two 720kb disk bays (I used this > laptop to make my thesis to graduate). :P > > r/Alex > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Matthew Brand > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:55 AM > To: Chat forum > Subject: [Jchat] Weaknesses of J > > I never came across REXX before. There seem to be more languages than > problems! > > Does anybody know a list of, or maybe could come up with suggestions > for, the weaknesses of J in terms of programming tasks? > > For example, programming tasks that are much easier to solve in a > different language than in J? I.e. problems where J programmers would > advise to use a different language instead? > > Incidentally, I came across this reasonably detailed effort on > "debunking the myths of OOP" (my phrasing) > http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm. I don't have an opinion > on the whole OOP vs P/R argument - oh, okay, I'll admit it! I prefer > P/R but do not argue against OOP if that is what people like, a bit > like the granary vs white bread argument (I prefer granary and view > white bread as something that was once healthy with most of the > healthy bits removed ... Why would you choose to do that?) - but just > thought that people on this forum might be interested in the arguments > he present. I sometimes feel that OOP makes mountains out of > mole-hills, although it is useful for some tasks. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
