Lawrence!

 * on 21 Oct 95  13:35:07 Lawrence Sayre wrote to All:

 
 LS> When I upgrade and have OS/2 installed, I'd like to try programming
in Watcom VX-REXX, but
 LS> don't know much about it.  As my hobby is the study of internal and
external ballistics (for
 LS> firearms), the mathematical aspects and capabilities of VX-REXX
would be taxed heavily.  The
 LS> ability to easily graph series of calculated output is a must.  Can
anyone with VX-REXX
 LS> experience inform me if I'm about to make a bad purchase?  If so,
what alternatives should I
 LS> consider for OS/2 programming?   Most of my programming experience
is with the old Borland
 LS> Turbo Basic (very similar to MS Quickbasic), and with rather
involved macro programming using
 LS> Borland Quattro Pro (for DOS).  Whichever program I end up using,
it must be capable of
 LS> compiling to a freestanding executable program for distribution.
	There are various flavors of FORTRAN available for OS/2. FORTRAN is the
mathmaticians programming language of choice.

 
TTYL,
    Mike

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