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From: arnold@mathcs.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC})
Newsgroups: comp.unix.cray
Subject: Re: REXX FOR UNICOS
Message-ID: <4272@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 14 Aug 89 20:55:13 GMT
References: <21157@cup.portal.com> <30469@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
Reply-To: arnold@emory.UUCP (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC})
Organization: Math and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta GA
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Given that many Crays run Unicos, and that KSH will be part of S5R4,
so it should migrate to Unicos eventually, I have to wonder if REXX
is all that necessary.

I can see that on a system like COSMOS or COS, which isn't Unix-based,
REXX might be desirable, but I suspect that the percentage of non-Unicos
Cray systems is only going to decrease in the future.

I just watch the supercomputer world from the outside, so take my opinion
with a grain of salt.

In article <30469@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> jac@muslix.UUCP (James Crotinger) writes:
>  You can register my vote for a port of REXX to the Crays! I'm an
>Amiga user and have done quite a bit or REXX program on my machine.
>Infinitely better than COSMOS, the batch language we have here at
>NMFECC. (The programmer who maintains COSMOS is also an Amiga user
>and has also expressed a strong desire to have REXX on the Crays).
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