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Re:Consider Rexx for Scripting (2022) by talideon on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @04:21PM (#42393107)
These days, Lua is a better alternative. Rexx isn't a bad language, but it's very dated. It's better than recommending BASIC, but only marginally. We have better alternatives these days.

Also, are there any decent embeddable Rexx interpreters around?

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Re:Consider Rexx for Scripting (2022) by JadeNB on Monday December 16, 2024 @10:39AM (#42432031)
> We have better alternatives these days.

What do you recommend in the same conceptual space?

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