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Hi ...


Any difference that REXX in Mianframe Development and mainframe admin ?

Can you explain what you mean by this question -- it doesn't really make sense.

Rexx is just another programming language.

Hello,

Rexx is just another programming language.

In many organizations, only the system support people are permitted to code in rexx. It is not acceptable for business applications. This is usually because the business application staff is not able to support "heavy" rexx and rexx is poor at business processing (at least places i've been). . .

IMHO - rexx is execllent for low-volume, utility requirements. I believe rexx is a poor choice for "business" code.

Rexx's performance can be much improved by compiling rather than being interpreted. I am a heavy user of Rexx on both mainframe and PC and, yes, I use it for personal or departmental apps, not business apps. I sometimes use it to prototype PL/1 programs. Having said that, I know there are many organisations that have production Rexx apps - just see the posts on the Rexx LA subscriptions.

thanks Nic for the info you provided...
in the above post you said that.. you are user of rexx on both mainframe and PC..
can you please tell me how to use REXX on PC.. which software or IDE is needed for that..
and is it same as using REXX on mainframes..

thanks...
-vinayak

on the PC You have basically three choices ...

Open Object REXX ==> http://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/
Regina REXX ==> http://sourceforge.net/projects/regina-rexx/
Brexx ==> http://bnv.home.cern.ch/bnv/software/BRexx/index.html

no need for an IDE, just a plain editor,
after all there is no IDE for REXX under TSO

Also Reginald and others. Look here...
http://www.rexxinfo.org/html/rexxinfo1.html