Arexx Compiler
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Sorry to break in with an unrelated subject but I don't seem to be
getting any response on the ExecRexx subject. Has anyone tried the ExecRexx
program and if so can you tell me who wrote it and how to find them. It
seems a handy alternative to compiling for getting feedback on a new
program. I would appreciate any response. Thanks……..Tom
Tom,
Your best bet for testing a new ARexx program is to become familiar with
the REXX TRACE instruction and use it extensively in your program. REXX
includes very powerful debugging aids as part of the language itself, but
for reasons that escape me, programmers at all levels don't make very good
use of it.
In my programs, tracing gets turned on at the slightest hint of a problem.
-Bill Hawes
Bill, Thanks for the info but I think you misunderstood. I was hoping
to find the author of the ExecRexx program. Its a program that makes
an executable program out of your Arexx scripts. Since the Arexx
compiler doesn't seem to exist yet this seemed like a good way to
upload my new program to other users so I could get feedback on it
until the compiler becomes available. By the way…I too use the
trace function quite extensively. Without it I think the program
would have taken me 2 or 3 times longer to debug. Tom
Just out of curiosity, why not let people try out your ARexx program as it
stands now? Lots of people already have ARexx, and even more will when
AmigaDOS 2.0 finally gets released to the general public.
Well I looked at the docs for ExecRexx and didn't find any author
information either Tom. But it looks like it may have been written by "The
Dissidents" who have written various Arexx utilities. You might use the
Amiga Filefinder here on CIS for the keyword "Dissidents" to see what you
come up with. Chances are one of their other utilities has their address.