Writing Os/2 Rexx Programs/Book and Disk (Ibm Mcgraw-Hill Series) [Paperback]

Ronny Richardson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1994 | Series: Ibm Mcgraw-Hill Series

Best known initially for its mainframe applications, REXX is today included with OS/2 and is quickly gaining prominence as a powerful and flexible language. Devoted solely to the OS/2 version of REXX, this volume aims to give readers - even those who are new to REXX - the tools to construct programs of varying levels of sophistication. The book also covers debugging and associated programs such as REXXTRY, PMREXX and the REXXUtil Dynamic Link Library.

Product Details

• Paperback: 390 pages
• Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill; Pap/Dis edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007052372X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070523722
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,074,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to REXX for novice programmers., January 14, 1998

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This review is from: Writing Os/2 Rexx Programs/Book and Disk (Ibm Mcgraw-Hill Series) (Paperback)

After struggling to learn and use REXX I realized the on-line manual was not enough. After looking at several books and reading various reviews and comments I purchased Dr. Richardson's book.

Now having used REXX very intensively for nearly 2 years I am very pleased with the ground work and coverage the text provided. The inclusion of many example programs helped enormously when learning and I will still occasionally go back and look at them.

4.0 out of 5 stars Well Organized - Good Examples, July 4, 2003

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This review is from: Writing Os/2 Rexx Programs/Book and Disk (Ibm Mcgraw-Hill Series) (Paperback)

I felt this book is organized well.

I first read 'The Rexx Language' by M.F. Cowlishaw to get the basics of the language.

Then when I read this book I got a different perspective and many examples of how to apply the language.

Basically the entire rexx language is covered so even if you haven't read any rexx books before this book should be ok.

This book is based on using rexx on os/2. I happened to have an old copy around so I read it.

I have to now move to windows and I'm not sure what's going to be the same and what's changed for the windows version of rexx.

I think there's an object oriented version of rexx available now.

My copy of this book came with a diskette that has many programs already typed in.