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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:18:01 EST
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- From: Scott Ophof <ophof@SERVER.UWINDSOR.CA>
- Subject: Re: REXXPC88 should not be used.
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- In-Reply-To: <9301262038.AA23797@SERVER.uwindsor.ca>; from "Dave Gomberg" at
- Jan 26, 93 12:32 pm
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- Dave Gomberg said:
- ]I disagree about IBM giving away a half-baked REXX for PC-Dos. There
- ]is a fine product available for this environment, at a reasonable price
- ](about $125 as I recall). If you are interested enough in REXX to
- ]bother to learn it, you should be willing to invest in a good implementation
- ]that will be kept current.
-
- Um.. As long as one *knows* it's not complete but it *is* free, then
- it's a very nice intro method. 'Twould be nice to have something like
- that, maybe even with a "time-to-live" (so many invocations, or self-
- destruction after a certain length of time...).
-
- ]Personal REXX for DOS is available from Quercus Systems, Box 2157,
- ]Saratoga CA 95070 for $125 or so. 408-867-7399
-
- The last price I heard was 20% higher than the one you mention here.
- And I'm talking about maybe 1-2 weeks ago. A "steal" even then!
-
- Regards.
- $$\ (No more: "Is that a sig. or an MVS End-of-File?"...) ;-)
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