Fwd: RE: JVM Languages and NetRexx

[billfen]

This is my exchange with the editor at Dr. Dobbs.

Sounds encouraging.

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Subject:	RE: JVM Languages and NetRexx
Date:	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:16:39 -0800
From:	Andrew Binstock [hidden email]
To:	Bill Fenlason [hidden email]
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Bill:

 

Cool! Thanks for the update! We’ll get it fixed.

 

That’s really good news,

 

---Andrew

 

Andrew Binstock

Editor in Chief, Dr. Dobb's

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From: Bill Fenlason [[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 8:54 AM
To: Andrew Binstock; Deirdre Blake (Andersen)
Subject: Fwd: JVM Languages and NetRexx

 

Hello,

I sent this to your feedback address, and thought I would copy you as well.

I am not a member of RexxLA, nor do I represent them or IBM. 

If necessary, perhaps you could contact them directly to get the official story.

Bill Fenlason

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Subject:	JVM Languages and NetRexx
Date:	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:50:53 -0500
From:	Bill Fenlason [hidden email]
To:	[hidden email]

 

Dear Sir,

I found your recent article on JVM languages interesting, but 

unfortunately inaccurate with regard to NetRexx.

IBM released the NetRexx source to RexxLA (The Rexx Language 

Association) in June, 2011.  The source has been opened, is supported by 

RexxLA and is available.

For additional details, please see www.rexxla.org and netrexx.org

There is a relatively small but active NetRexx community, and related 

development also includes plugins for JEdit and Eclipse.

Bill Fenlason

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[Mike Cowlishaw]

... and I see they have already fixed it at:  http://drdobbs.com/jvm/232600853

 

Thanks, Bill.

 

Mike

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Subject: [Ibm-netrexx] Fwd: RE: JVM Languages and NetRexx

This is my exchange with the editor at Dr. Dobbs.

Sounds encouraging.

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	RE: JVM Languages and NetRexx
Date:	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:16:39 -0800
From:	Andrew Binstock [hidden email]
To:	Bill Fenlason [hidden email]
CC:	ALB Backup [hidden email]

Bill:

Cool! Thanks for the update! We’ll get it fixed.

That’s really good news,

---Andrew

Andrew Binstock

Editor in Chief, Dr. Dobb's

[hidden email]

Twitter: platypusguy

From: Bill Fenlason [[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 8:54 AM
To: Andrew Binstock; Deirdre Blake (Andersen)
Subject: Fwd: JVM Languages and NetRexx

Hello,

I sent this to your feedback address, and thought I would copy you as well.

I am not a member of RexxLA, nor do I represent them or IBM. 

If necessary, perhaps you could contact them directly to get the official story.

Bill Fenlason

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	JVM Languages and NetRexx
Date:	Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:50:53 -0500
From:	Bill Fenlason [hidden email]
To:	[hidden email]

Dear Sir,

I found your recent article on JVM languages interesting, but 

unfortunately inaccurate with regard to NetRexx.

IBM released the NetRexx source to RexxLA (The Rexx Language 

Association) in June, 2011.  The source has been opened, is supported by 

RexxLA and is available.

For additional details, please see www.rexxla.org and netrexx.org

There is a relatively small but active NetRexx community, and related 

development also includes plugins for JEdit and Eclipse.

Bill Fenlason

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[Fernando Cassia-2]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 04:51, Mike Cowlishaw <[hidden email]> wrote:

... and I see they have already fixed it at:  http://drdobbs.com/jvm/232600853

 

Thanks, Bill.

 

Mike

I wouldn´t exactly call that a "fix". Yes, they fixed the main mistake, but then they say nothing about the virtues of the language. Their blurb could be summed up as "an ancient thing by IBM. Now open source. Will it survive? time will tell".

Not very encouraging for newbies, methinks...

Also, they forgot to mention Jabaco.org ... (Basic to Java Bytecode compiler), and xruby

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[Mike Cowlishaw]

 

 

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 04:51, Mike Cowlishaw <[hidden email]> wrote:

... and I see they have already fixed it at:  http://drdobbs.com/jvm/232600853

 

Thanks, Bill.

 

Mike

I wouldn´t exactly call that a "fix". Yes, they fixed the main mistake, but then they say nothing about the virtues of the language. Their blurb could be summed up as "an ancient thing by IBM. Now open source. Will it survive? time will tell".

Not very encouraging for newbies, methinks... 

 

But probably a fair summary.

 

Also, they forgot to mention Jabaco.org ... (Basic to Java Bytecode compiler), and xruby

There are dozens of JVM languages -- they did say the article is about the 'Main' ones... :-)

 

Mike 

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[bob.martin]

Mike Cowlishaw <[hidden email]> wrote the following on 18/02/12 09:58:41:

>
> There are dozens of JVM languages -- they did say the article is about the
> 'Main' ones... :-)

Article should also mention Beanshell, which is JEdit's scripting language.

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