| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 686 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction to scripting and Rexx -- Language basics -- Control structures -- Arrays -- Input and output -- String manipulation -- Numbers, calculations and conversions -- Subroutines, functions, and modularity -- Debugging and the trace facility -- Errors and condition trapping -- The external data queue or "stack" -- Rexx with style -- Writing portable Rexx -- Issuing system commands -- Interfacing to relational databases -- Graphical user interfaces -- Web programming with CGI and Apache -- XML and other interfaces -- Evolution and implementations -- Regina -- Rexx/imc -- BRexx -- Reginald -- Handhelds and embedded programming -- Rexx for Palm OS -- r4 and object-oriented roo! -- Object Rexx -- Object Rexx tutorial -- IBM mainframe Rexx -- NetRexx |
| Summary |
* Originally developed for mainframes but highly portable across platforms-from servers to desktops to handhelds-Rexx is an easy yet powerful scripting language that's widely used for rapid application development * Covers Rexx interpreters for specialized functions-object-oriented, mainframe, and handheld * There are 8 different free Rexx interpreters optimized for different platforms and uses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-533) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
REXX (Computer program language)
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COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- C♯
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COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- Java.
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COMPUTERS -- Programming Languages -- Pascal.
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REXX (Computer program language)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0764596950 |
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9780764596957 |
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9780764579967 |
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0764579967 |
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1280253509 |
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9781280253508 |
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9786610253500 |
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6610253501 |
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