I see where the cringe-worthiness comes from though, seems to me that "I wrote 
a Rexx" is akin to "I wrote a Cobol".  You write a program or an exec in Rexx.

My $.02.
Rex

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob 
Bridges
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 9:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: "A Rexx" (or "A REXX")

I'm sorry, guys, but I write a REXX (or an exec) all the time.  I'd never heard 
before that this is cringe-worthy.

And yes, now that I think about it, I used to write a CLIST, so it probably 
transferred.  I never write a PL/1 or a VBA.

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
Seymour J Metz
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 06:59

While I cringe at "a REXX" or "a software", "an EXEC" doesn't bother me. I'm 
not sure why.

Saying "a CLIST" is perfectly reasonable if you know that the name refers too a 
command list.

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of 
Gord Tomlin [[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 6:17 PM

Whether it's right or wrong, it drives me nuts. Nobody says "a bash", "a 
PowerShell", "a Java", "a C++", etc. To be fair people did say "a CLIST", and 
when they replaced CLIST [programs] with Rexx [programs] it was probably 
logical to them to replace the word they used to describe them at the same time.

A related pet peeve: "a software". Nobody but nobody says "a hardware".

--- On 2022-06-07 17:58 PM, Phil Smith III wrote:
> Rexx came to TSO and people there often say "A Rexx"

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