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| subject: | Re: Object REXX goes Open Source |
From: "Antti Kurenniemi"
I was wondering about that wry grin you had when you posted the file
listing snippet in .binaries... This explains a lot of strange happenings
lately ;-)
Antti Kurenniemi
"Don Hills" wrote in message
news:8jyjBtgaXyaS092yn{at}attglobal.net...
> Something that may be of interest to old OS/2 users and Bob Comer:
>
> IBM Object REXX is going "open source".
> IBM are in the process of handing over the code base for all platforms
> to the REXX Language Association who will administer it as an open source
> project.
>
> The most immediate effect will of course be that there will no longer be a
> charge for the Windows version. Anyone wanting to whip up a quick utility
> to
> do, for example, the job of Antti's "LIST" utility now has a quick and
> easy
> tool with which to do it. (Example posted to binaries)
>
> There are quite a few function libraries available, I know of ones for
> math, TCP/IP, SQL, serial I/O etc.
>
> --
> Don Hills (dmhills at attglobaldotnet) Wellington, New Zealand
> It's ironic that people who are too smart to engage in politics
> are governed by people who are not as smart.
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