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Xref: sserve comp.lang.rexx:5257 comp.lang.c:73097 comp.os.386bsd.apps:1238 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!conrad!duff From: duff@conrad (Jonathan Scott Duff) Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx,comp.lang.c,comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: Programming advice needed Date: 26 Jun 1994 13:35:19 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Lines: 32 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <2uk06n$mfj@news.tamu.edu> References: <2ubiom$l46@cleese.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: conrad.cbi.tamucc.edu X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 paulh@seldon.apanix.apana.org.au (Paul A. Hoadley) writes: [stuff deleted] : : 1) Does anyone know of any software (commercial or otherwise) which deals : with this type of process? : : 2) What options are there for running REXX scripts under either MS-DOS or : (preferably) FreeBSD? : : 3) Given that (at least for the first part) the actual algorithm isn't : terribly complex, what are some simple options for implementing them in a : different language, preferably for free, and preferably running under : FreeBSD (but also given that my ability to program in C is almost : non-existant)? : : I am very interested to gather opinions on this before embarking on a : fairly daunting (for me :-) C programming exercise, which seems to be my : only option at the moment. Well I saw a post recommending tcl and just had to put in my $0.02 :-) Personally, I would recommend Perl since it's a great language and works on virtually any system you can get a C compiler on. (I believe there is already a port to FreeBSD, but I wouldn't know). Perl has the syntax of C (sorta) but has useful things like regular expression matching built in. regards, -Scott