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[George Hovey-2]

 Hi Rene,

To describe NetRexx as having a "Large Class Library" seems to me to invite ridicule.

George



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Hi George (& all)

By forwarding all the tools, classes, etc we all wrote in NetRexx for our own usage to www.netrexx.org (including it's source and HTML documentation) in a manner probably still to be organized by Rene and his group will surely give a *Large Class Library* ver soon :-)

Thomas.
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Am 10.06.2011 06:01, schrieb George Hovey:

 Hi Rene,

To describe NetRexx as having a "Large Class Library" seems to me to invite ridicule.

George

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well I mean Java is a large class library for the purpose of the NetRexx programmer; will try to make that more clear tho

René.

On Jun 10, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Thomas Schneider wrote:

Hi George (& all)

By forwarding all the tools, classes, etc we all wrote in NetRexx for our own usage to www.netrexx.org (including it's source and HTML documentation) in a manner probably still to be organized by Rene and his group will surely give a *Large Class Library* ver soon :-)

Thomas.
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Am 10.06.2011 06:01, schrieb George Hovey:

 Hi Rene,

To describe NetRexx as having a "Large Class Library" seems to me to invite ridicule.

George

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[George Hovey-2]

Rene,

Of course everyone here understood what you meant, but a newbie won't (Help - I installed NetRexx and tried the examples, but I can't find the class library.  Where do I get it?).

Related to this: we've seen from this forum that some people are Java-huggers while others pine for simplification.  Perhaps you could pitch NetRexx as dual purpose -- capable of industrial strength OO programming, or traditional procedural programming without requiring OO knowledge.

George

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well I mean Java is a large class library for the purpose of the NetRexx programmer; will try to make that more clear tho

René.

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Hi George (& all)

By forwarding all the tools, classes, etc we all wrote in NetRexx for our own usage to www.netrexx.org (including it's source and HTML documentation) in a manner probably still to be organized by Rene and his group will surely give a *Large Class Library* ver soon :-)

Thomas.
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Am 10.06.2011 06:01, schrieb George Hovey:

 Hi Rene,

To describe NetRexx as having a "Large Class Library" seems to me to invite ridicule.

George

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[ThSITC]

Hi George,

you might or might not know

What I did when delivering ancient Rexx2Nrx (loook at www.Rexx2Nrx.com).
I did *also deliver* a set of *classes* implementing any/all missing formerly
classic Rexx Builtin FUNCTIONS, both in a Function and/or Method implemtentation.

Like RexxFile, RexxDate, etc, etc.

As I did write Rexx2Nrx originally in IBM CMS Copiled Rexx, Rexx2Nrx has been, all the time, also (quietly) IBM Rexx Compiler (IBM RexxC) compatible.

No matter to say, but I really did *use* IBM compiled Rexx to *boots-trap*
Rexx2Nrx from my CMS machine to Windows. As another matter of fact,
a couple of IBM Organizations (like Boeblingen <grin>) did use Rexx2Nrx to
*port* their IBM compiled Rexx applications from classic compiled Rexx
to NetRexx ... .-)

Nowaday, I did use a PRIVATE version to convert all this 'classic Rexx code'
to NetRexx. This process is finished.

I've (too late) decided to abandon classic IBM compiled Rexx compatibility.

*But*: I'm still able to translate *any *IBM classic compiled Rexx* program
to NetRexx, which is a major step forward, I personally think.

I'm now willing to forward all of this code to www.netrexx.org, but am still waiting for Reene's reply which package names I should use in this new environment.

I will personally maintain ReyC (my Rey Compiler) for private usage, and
as an implementation mechanism of new features *I* would desire in
NetRexx 3,4,5 ...

But I'm also seeking for a release mechansim which would allow me to NOT double work, what MFC has so well done...

Greetings from Vienna,
Thomas.
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Am 10.06.2011 14:15, schrieb George Hovey:

Thomas,
I mean that NetRexx does indeed have access to a large class library, but it is Java's, not NetRexx's, so it is embarrassing to claim it as a NetRexx feature.  The ability to inter-operate with the Java Class Library, however, is one of NetRexx's most important features and, I believe, is the key to attracting Java developers.  IMO, NetRexx as "Java as it should have been" should be a key theme of our sales pitch.
George

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Thomas Schneider <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi George (& all)

By forwarding all the tools, classes, etc we all wrote in NetRexx for our own usage to www.netrexx.org (including it's source and HTML documentation) in a manner probably still to be organized by Rene and his group will surely give a *Large Class Library* ver soon :-)

Thomas.
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Am 10.06.2011 06:01, schrieb George Hovey:

 Hi Rene,

To describe NetRexx as having a "Large Class Library" seems to me to invite ridicule.

George

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