[arachne] Re: rexx

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From: "Destiny" <destiny2b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>> Rexx is nice but you don't need pcdos2000 to use rexx.  Isn't there a
>> version of rexx that runs on just about any platform known to man?

>  Yes but few OS where it is builtin.

What do you mean by "builtin"? What does "builtin" mean with respect to
PC-DOS 2000? Built into which component? IBMBIO/IBMDOS.COM? COMMAND.COM?
Or EMM386?

In modular systems like DOS, there are very few things that I would
regard as built-in, which IMO is one of the strong points of DOS. Even
COMMAND.COM itself is just a DOS application and can be replaced with
4DOS or even graphical shells.

There is probably a REXX interpreter on the PC-DOS CD, but even if it is
installed along with the rest of the tools, I would hardly call that
built-in but rather an external program that is supplied with PC-DOS.

Otherwise one could just as well call Windows a built-in part of MS-DOS.
;-)

Regards,

Udo

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