“IBM’s programming and scripting language, REXX, may have
achieved a unique range of supported platforms, with success on
everything from the Commodore Amiga to OS/2 to IBM mainframes. Over
the years, REXX gained object-oriented features, and turned into
Object Rexx, with programming interfaces to DB2, C, and C++
applications.“A few weeks ago, IBM quietly released Object Rexx to the open
source community. RexxLA–the REXX Language Association–targeting
the first release of Open Object REXX for early 2005…”