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  3. October 2002

RE: V5R2: Source now allowed in the IFS

| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
| Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:42 PM

<snip usual quality info>

| Who uses Rexx?  Given that
| we've had Rexx on OS/400 for over 10 years and almost no-one uses it I
| doubt that IBM will add stream file support.  Just another example of
| the slothfulness of OS/400 programmers -- they keep wanting
| enhancements to CL when they could already be using Rexx to satisfy the
| requirement.

Interesting point.

I used a simple OS/2 Rexx app to good advantage, back in early 90's, but
Rexx just didn't seem to get the enhancements that other languages were
getting, so didn't persue Rexx heavily.

Chicken-and-egg problem of gaining:  traction in marketspace/developer
mindshare...?

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