John, Ty I didn't realize REXX, was a PL/1 dialect. Very interesting I wrote PL/1 under OS/VS2 many many moons ago, in the 70s. I hadnt heard of a SLPL..so I find this also interesting..and would like to know more.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 26, 2012, at 2:55 PM, John Gilmore <jwgli...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> 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.)" >> <shmuel+...@patriot.net> wrote: >> >>> In <5159fdfc-4063-4acb-969a-95c03fc7d...@yahoo.com>, on 08/25/2012 >>> at 12:41 AM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
