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Classic Rexx --
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Information
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Regina
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Nearly all platforms.
Includes 64 bit versions.
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r4
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BRexx
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Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Android,
DOS (16- and 32- bit), Linux, Unix, BSD, Mac OS, Amiga OS, BeOS, and others
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here (Android here)
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Rexx for Palm OS
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Compact Rexx (CRX)
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Object Rexx --
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Open Object Rexx
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Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS. Includes 64 bit versions.
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roo!
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Java-compatible Rexx
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Where it Runs
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Any Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
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here (soon here)
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Android
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Brexx. Also a Jaxo Systems version is coming soon.
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Windows CE, Windows Mobile,
other Windows systems
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Zipit wireless messenger (Z2)
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Symbian/EPOC and EPOC32
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BRexx
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Palm OS
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iOS
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Apple doesn’t allow scripting languages in its App Store. See this for how to jailbreak and run NetRexx on iPhone.
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64-bit Rexx -- See ooRexx and Regina (above).
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Rexx comes bundled with IBM mainframes (all mainframe operating systems), i5/OS, OS/400, OS/2, eCS, OS/2 Warp, osFree, AmigaOS, AROS, MorphOS, SkyOS, and IBM's PC-DOS 7 and 2000.
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You can download thousands of free Rexx tools and scripts from this section--
The web sites for the Rexx interpreters above give you access to many freely downloadable tools and function libraries.
Free Tools List. This is an alphabetical list of over 100 free Rexx tools and descriptions of what they do. It contains hot links so you can easily download them. The Free Tools List is only a partial list of what’s out there -- it’s mainly for Windows and Linux platforms. For a more complete view, covering more tools and all platforms, see the following . . .
Web Sites with Free Tools. This lists over 100 web sites, each of which offer multiple free tools. The list tells you the Rexx interpreter and platforms the tools were written for. It has hot links so you can easily download the tools. Visiting these sites gives you access to a couple thousand free Rexx tools and scripts.
This vendor list links to vendors of Rexx tools, interpreters, training, and services.
If you have a web site or tool you want added (or changed) to any of these lists, send full
information as per the list to webmasterA at the domain RexxInfo.org. Thank you.
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Beyond downloading Rexx tools and reviewing the code examples in the tutorial articles, you may also wish to review the sample code in this section. Some of the examples are intended for learning purposes, while others were designed as subroutines or code you can copy and use:
For Windows & Linux, classic & object-oriented (download) from Rexx Programmer’s Reference
Sample algorithms in Rexx with explanations from Vladimir Zabrodsky
Album of Algorithms & Techniques for Standard Rexx, from Vladimir Zabrodsky
Sample code for The Perl Cookbook in Rexx (unfinished) from PLEAC-REXX
For Windows from Reginald REXX
For Windows from Kilowatt Software’s tutorial and reference guide
The Script Library’s free Rexx scripts
List of web sites with many Rexx scripts, from DMOZ Open Directory Project
120+ Windows Object-Oriented scripts from Microsoft
130+ Object REXX scripts (download) from Object REXX by Example
For Windows using Open Object Rexx from Lee Peedin
OpenOffice automation using Open Object Rexx from Prof. Rony Flatscher and students
More ooRexx Windows scripts from Prof. Rony Flatscher and students
For OS/2 from PillarSoft
For OS/2, a searchable scripts database, from the Hobbes Project
For OS/2, from the Hobbes Project
700 Scripts for Amiga from Aminet (enter “Rexx” into the search panel)
For Mainframe, w/ ISPF, edit macros, a list of web sites with scripts, by DMOZ Open Directory Project
Frank Clarke’s REXX/MVS code examples
David Alcock’s MVS Freeware code
Jax RCFB Rexx Programming Language page has sample mainframe Rexx code and links to more
Norbert’s Mainframe Tools has Rexx mainframe code (comments are written in German)
Glenwood Consulting’s Rexx Page provides Copybooks for mainframe Rexx programmers
Mainframe Rexx Sample Code from Bill Lalonde
For TSO-REXX with ISPF from The American Programmer
For REXX/VSE from IBM
NetRexx, applications and applets from IBM
How to Write Portable Rexx explanation and sample code (DOC file)
All the Rexx interpreters download with their own sample scripts, as well.
Macro examples -- see our Rexx Macros section.
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These are high-value web sites you can visit for more Rexx information. Many of the links on this site point to these very useful sites --
User Group -- Rexx Language Association
Interpreters and Tools --
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Here’s something fun... benchmark your system by running the rexxcps script that comes with every Rexx interpreter.
Compare your system’s performance here. The chart shows how personal computers have improved so that “compiled versus interpreted language performance” is hardly an issue for most applications.
Email your benchmark data to me (including all the data fields in the chart), and I’ll add it to the chart. I’m at webmasterA at the domain RexxInfo.org. Thank you!
Find an extensive list of Rexx benchmarks for all kinds of systems here.
This site compares programming language performances. It gives you another benchmark plus code for another dozen benchmark programs. Don’t take the site’s rankings for Rexx too seriously. The site is not scientific and the performance of various Rexx interpreters varies widely.
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Callaway, Merrill. The Rexx Cookbook: A Tutorial Guide to the Rexx Language in OS/2 & Warp
on the IBM Personal Computer. Whitestone, 1995. ISBN 0-9632773-4-0.
Cowlishaw, Michael. The Rexx Language: A Practical Approach to Programming. Prentice Hall,
1990. ISBN 0-13-780651-5.
Cowlishaw, Michael. The NetRexx Language. Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0-13-806332-X.
Cowlishaw, Michael. NetRexx 2. IBM UK Labs, 2009. (Free download as PDF file)
Daney, Charles. Programming in REXX. McGraw-Hill, TX, 1990. ISBN 0-07-015305-1.
Deuring, Johannes. REXX Grundlagen fur die z/OS Praxis. Germany, 2005. ISBN 3-486-20025-9.
Ender, Tom. Object-Oriented Programming With Rexx. John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN 0-471-11844-3.
Fosdick, Howard. Rexx Programmer's Reference. Wiley/Wrox, 2005. ISBN 0-7645-7996-7.
Gargiulo, Gabriel. REXX with OS/2, TSO, & CMS Features. MVS Training, 1999 (third edition 2004).
ISBN 1-892559-03-X.
Goldberg, Gabriel and Smith, Philip H. The Rexx Handbook. McGraw-Hill, TX, 1992. ISBN 0-07-023682-8.
Goran, Richard K. REXX Reference Summary Handbook. CFS Nevada, Inc.,1997. ISBN 0-9639854-3-4.
IBM Redbooks. Implementing Rexx Support in Sdsf. Vervante, 2007. (Free download as PDF file).
Kiesel, Peter C. Rexx: Advanced Techniques for Programmers. McGraw-Hill, TX, 1992. ISBN 0-07-034600-3.
Marco, Lou. ISPF/REXX Development for Experienced Programmers. CBM Books, 1995. ISBN 1-878956-50-7
O'Hara, Robert P. and Gomberg, David Roos. Modern Programming Using Rexx. Prentice Hall, 1988.
ISBN 0-13-597329-5.
Rudd, Anthony S. Practical Usage of Rexx. Ellis Horwood Ltd., 1991. ISBN 0-13-682790-X.
Schindler, William. Down to Earth Rexx. Perfect Niche Software, 2000. ISBN 0-9677590-0-5
Veneskey, Gwen et al. Object Rexx By Example. Aviar Inc., 1990’s, ISBN 0-9652329-0-5.
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