- Messages
- 4,373
- Location
- Hafnarfjörður IS
Hi there
A long time ago I used REXX on an IBM mainframe -- about the only programming language I've ever came to grips with other than the defunct FORTRAN I used when I was at university as it's so easy (REXX, not Fortran that is).
I tried a bit of messing around with C++ and VB but either I'm too old or it seems much too complicated for what I want to do.
I read an article somewhere about " Mainframes never die --you just don't notice them so much any more" and it led me thinking to see if REXX was available on a PC -- surprise, surprise -- a great free package called REGINA REXX exists and seems to be totally compatible (where possible) to the Main frame version I used years and years ago plus extensions for the GUI as you are working in a Windows environment.
Being an Interpreted "Meta" language you can create small quick apps that will run on just about any platform too - and you can call windows API for Windows specific functions and objects.
Anyway here's a link in case anybody wants to try it out.
Very useful for running automated jobs --beats CMD / Batch files / JavaScript any day and there's GUI functions too so you can create Windows apps as well.
Bye Bye Windows Batch stuff --this works zillions of times better. Already schedule my backups with this too.
Works really fast too -- here's a little CMDLINE mode test screenshot enc.
Enjoy !! (and you'll wonder where the day has gone once you start !!).
Regina Rexx Interpreter
Cheers
jimbo
A long time ago I used REXX on an IBM mainframe -- about the only programming language I've ever came to grips with other than the defunct FORTRAN I used when I was at university as it's so easy (REXX, not Fortran that is).
I tried a bit of messing around with C++ and VB but either I'm too old or it seems much too complicated for what I want to do.
I read an article somewhere about " Mainframes never die --you just don't notice them so much any more" and it led me thinking to see if REXX was available on a PC -- surprise, surprise -- a great free package called REGINA REXX exists and seems to be totally compatible (where possible) to the Main frame version I used years and years ago plus extensions for the GUI as you are working in a Windows environment.
Being an Interpreted "Meta" language you can create small quick apps that will run on just about any platform too - and you can call windows API for Windows specific functions and objects.
Anyway here's a link in case anybody wants to try it out.
Very useful for running automated jobs --beats CMD / Batch files / JavaScript any day and there's GUI functions too so you can create Windows apps as well.
Bye Bye Windows Batch stuff --this works zillions of times better. Already schedule my backups with this too.
Works really fast too -- here's a little CMDLINE mode test screenshot enc.
Enjoy !! (and you'll wonder where the day has gone once you start !!).
Regina Rexx Interpreter
Cheers
jimbo
Attachments
Last edited:
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1 X LG 40 inch TV
- Hard Drives
- SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
2 X 3 TB sata
5 X 1 TB sata
- Internet Speed
- 0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)