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Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:48:19 PST8
From:	"Mark Abramowitz" <marka@relaypoint.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Rexx vs PL/I (was: Where to from here?)

In <400D71F7.2615@peterskye.com>, on 01/20/04
at 10:22 AM, Peter Skye said:

>Yeah, that's pretty close. Rexx, like Basic, can be considered a
>"simple" language. Batch file language is a "real simple" language.

That, I suspect, is why there's more of a general interest in REXX than
there is in PL/I, among the larger group. More useful to more
people...nothing to do with being "better" or "preferred."

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