REXX is a statement-level procedural language (SLPL). I qualify it in this way because the term 'language' properly embraces a great many usefully distinguished things.
The title of one of the great classics of 20th-century biology is von Frisch, Karl. Tanzensprache und Orientierung der Bienen. Berlin: Springer, 1965. or, in English, -------------------. The dance language & orientation of bees. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967. The thing von Frisch describes in this book is a gestural language (GD). REXX can also be viewed--Its inventor so views it--as a PL/I dialect. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 8/26/12, Scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > I feel it's a language. Since it not only is interpreted but compiled. The > difference for me is language functions and calls. The difference between > exec or exec2 and rexx is pretty major to me. A lot of differences. I > learned rexx in 1984 .....but I feel each language has advantages and > disadvantages. Feeling that rexx is much simpler to write, test and > implement. Speed of devdelopment is a plus > > > Scott ford > www.identityforge.com > > On Aug 26, 2012, at 9:37 AM, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In <[email protected]>, on 08/25/2012 >> at 12:41 AM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> said: >> >>> They consider REXX a language >> >> Given that substantial applications have been written in REXX, why >> would you not consider it to be a programming language? >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT >> Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel> >> We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. >> (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
