Who Uses Rexx and Where?
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The post links to a survey about the current usage of REXX, a scripting language that originated on IBM mainframes, with the discussion simply providing background information on REXX.
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about 2 months ago
The REXX scripting language originated on the IBM mainframe and is ported to Amiga, OS/2, Linux/Unix and Windows platforms. This is a 2025 survey of who seems to be using it.
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