http://japan.linux.com/desktop/05/06/30/0222227.shtml
Howard-Fosdick（2005年6月28日（火））
著者: From NewsForge.com (NewsForge)
日付: 2005年06月30日
RexxはIBMが何年も前に開発したスクリプト言語である。LinuxコミュニティはRexxをほとんど無視してきたが、私はLinuxがWindowsデスクトップに挑むうえで、Rexxが重要な役割を果たす可能性があると考えている。Linuxコミュニティの大半が聞いたこともないような言語が、Linuxのデスクトップへの進出にどのように役立つのだろうか。
http://programming.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/21/154227&from=rss
Why Linux needs Rexx
Tuesday June 28, 2005 (09:01 AM GMT)
By: Howard Fosdick
Rexx is a scripting language that was invented at IBM years ago. The Linux community has largely ignored Rexx, but I believe it could play an important role in Linux's challenge to the Windows desktop. How can a language many in the Linux community have never even heard of be valuable in Linux's fight for the desktop?
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http://www.oorexx.org/
Open Object Rexx (ooRexx) is an Open Source project managed by Rexx Language Association (RexxLA) providing a free implementation of Object Rexx.
ooRexx is distributed under Common Public License (CPL) v1.0. Object Rexx is an enhancement of classic Rexx; a powerful, full-featured programming language which has a human-oriented syntax.
The Open Object Rexx interpreter allows you to write programs procedurally as well as in an object-oriented fashion. Its main benefits include:
- Easy to use and easy to learn
- Upwardly compatible with classic Rexx
- The ability to issue commands to multiple environments
- Offers powerful functions
- Based on English-like commands
- Enhanced with full object orientation
- Designed for object-oriented programming, and also allows Rexx conventional programming
- Provides a standard Rexx API to develop external function libraries written in C