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On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 1:49 PM Mark Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IBM implemented a true REXX compiler on the mainframe ... so why couldn't
they do the same on the IBM i?



1. Because the early AS/400 audience showed little or no interest in
Rexx, coming from a CL/RPG background.
2. Because Rexx in z/VM is tightly integrated with CMS which is quite
different from OS/400.

I infer. He speaketh not for IBM, of course.


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