Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx Subject: Re: Amigaphobes (was Re: Hello? Anyone out there?) Message-ID:Date: 11 Aug 89 20:45:32 GMT References: <1428@bruce.OZ> <15814@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <16953@ut-emx.UUCP> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Distribution: comp.lang.rexx Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 32 In-reply-to: phao172@ut-emx.UUCP's message of 11 Aug 89 14:38:33 GMT In article <15814@watdragon.waterloo.edu> rtczegledi@crocus.waterloo.edu (Richard Czegledi) writes: Richard> Rexx? It's pretty fun. Really makes the amiga great. I'll Richard> be posting some scripts as soon as I find my UUencode... Not much point in uuencoding ARexx scripts; they're ASCII... On 11 Aug 89 14:38:33 GMT, phao172@ut-emx.UUCP (Randy M. Roberts) said: Randy> Summary: Warning, Danger, Will Robinson, Danger, Danger! Randy> Just a friendly word of caution, IMHO there are quite a few Randy> Amigaphobes who subscribe to this newsgroup. There appear to be. Unfortunately, they don't quite all realize that this is not an Amiga-specific newsgroup. Randy> I believe all REXXes are created equal, but what do I know. Not necessarily... One of the most important things about ARexx [Amiga REXX] is that it supports (and de facto standardizes) IPC using the Amiga's message-passing system. So far as I know, most versions of REXX have nothing of the sort... (I could be wrong.) Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.