Zane,
I _THINK_ that there was a version of REXX for every version of OS/2,
though not included in the basic package. REXX mirated, I believe from
mainframes and the porting over to OS/2 and DOS was an outgrowth of that
popularity.
I'm sure there was at least REXX interpreters for 8086s and up...
-Mike
Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> >REXX on a PC? I think I have heard (very dimly) of this (there was
> >something called REXX-88 or some such name when I was at IBM) but I
> >haven't used REXX for years! What does it run on? Will it run on a
> >Compaq 386? An IBM AT?
>
> I know OS/2 has had it since at least version 2, can't remember if it was
> in 1.3
>
> The Amiga also has ARexx, not sure how long, but I've an Amiga OS 3.1
> manual on it.
>
> Zane
>
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