The REXX Language: A Practical Approach to Programming

By M. F. Cowlishaw and M.F. Cowlishaw

Book Overview

This book is recognized as the standard reference manual for the REXX Programming Language, much as Kernighan and Ritchie is recognized as the standard reference book for the C Programming Language. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013780735X
• ISBN13: 9780137807352
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Insightful

This book does a great job of explaining the language in a manner that all can understand, and works as a fantastic reference guide.

Concise Book Written By The Creator Of Rexx

This is a great reference book for the rexx programming language.However based on the current price I'm glad I was able to find my old copy from back in the 90's which has the original cover.An interersting aspect of this book is the history of how the rexx language was created. It was originally distributed internally within IBM and many changes were made based on feedback from the original users.This is a good example of...

good book, lousy deal

I enjoyed the book. It is very well written as a reference for the language. And it is interesting to read the motivation behind different features. I first used Rexx about 18 years ago, and I still think it's an excellent scripting language. I use the Korn shell every day, but I find it much easier to write scripts in Rexx. However, I don't think this is a good deal. [The cost] is WAY too much to spend for a xeroxed...

The perfect book for a REXX beginner.

I used this book as my bible for the first 3-4 months I worked in REXX. It contains all of the introductory lessons and information you need to get some REXX under your belt. Perfect for a first-time REXX programmer.

REXX book written by the Creator (of Rexx anyway) himself

Easy to understand, this book is an excellent tutorial for this simple but powerful language. And you can't argue with his credentials. Not overly clever or dense, very accessible, but (as far as I can tell so far) authoritative. This book was recommended by several manufacturers of MVS software as the definitive "beginner's" book, and "Modern Programming w/ Rexx" as a follow up.