Hello Lawrence!

 LS> I'm about to upgrade from an old 286 based system, and will finally be
 LS> able to use a new graphical operating system.  I've been reading
 LS> messages in the OS/2 conferences for quite awhile, and I've decided
 LS> to go with OS/2 Warp as my operating system.

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

VX-REXX is fun to use.  I use it for utilities.  It compiles exe's but any
system that runs the exe will need the VX-REXX dll loaded (about 1 meg in
size.)  It does not have the most complete set of math functions...you
may not be happy with it for your purposes.

Nicky

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