Rexx Implementations

Here’s a list of platforms (hardware, operating systems, and operating environments) on which you can use Rexx.

Freeware/shareware See also the Rexx Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and the links on the Rexx Language Association site. Unix/Linux: Open Object Rexx (ooRexx) open source Rexx, upwards compatible with ‘Classic’ Rexx, by Simon Nash et al., IBM, and RexxLA Regina by Mark Hessling (includes source code; runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc.) REXX/imc (includes source code; runs on Red Hat Linux 5.1 gcc 2.7.2.3, Solaris 2.5, Solaris 2.5.1, SunOS 4.1.3, Digital Unix 4.0, IRIX 6.2, IRIX64 6.2, IRIX64 6.5, FreeBSD 2.0.5, FreeBSD 2.2.7, AIX 3.2, HP-UX 9.01) IBM's Object REXX for Linux PC-DOS/MS-DOS/Windows: Regina (as above) Open Object Rexx (ooRexx) Kilowatt software’s Roo! (object-oriented) and R4 (classic) Rexx Compact Rexx (CRX) by Brian Marks (includes source code) BREXX interpreter by Vassilis N. Vlachoudis (includes source code) Android: Rexx IDE for Android by Kermit Kiser Palm OS: Rexx Palm OS [Jaxo] Java: the NetRexx compiler/interpreter OS/2: Regina eCS: Regina Amiga: AREXX (since 1987; included in AmigaOS in 1990) Regina Lego Mindstorms RCX: NetRexx TinyVM AROS: Regina QNX4&6: Regina BeOS: Regina EPOC32: Regina AtheOS: Regina OpenVMS: Regina OpenEdition: Regina SkyOS: Regina MacOS X: Regina 3.1 Zipit2 Wireless Messenger: Regina 3.1 Earlier Macintosh: TEXX (contact Jose Aguirre, 3704 Edgar Park Ave., El Paso, Texas 79904)

IBM implementations VM/CMS (since 1983) Compiler (since 1989) Also available on all later versions of VM (VM/ESA, z/VM, etc.) VM/GCS (since 1984) MUSIC/SP (since 1984/1985) MVS and TSO/E (since 1988) Compiler (since 1994) SYSTEM REXX; a new (2008) component for z/OS v1.9+ Unix System Services REXX (2004?) AS/400 (since 1990) OS/2 (since 1990) VSE/ESA (since 1993) Compiler (since 1994) AIX/6000 (since 1993, now withdrawn – use Object Rexx) Novell Netware (since 1994) CICS/ESA (since 1994) PC-DOS (since PC-DOS 7, Feb 1995) Object Rexx for OS/2 (since 1996) NetRexx compiler/interpreter for all Java platforms (since Jan 1997, originally included with VM) Object Rexx for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP (since Feb 1997) NetView (for MVS and VSE/ESA) NetMaster (for MVS and VSE) Object Rexx for Linux (since Nov 1997) Object Rexx for AIX (since 1999) Other commercial implementations For more information, see the Rexx Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), the links on the Rexx Language Association site, or try a search on Google. *IX (just about all flavors, including SVR4, SVR3, BSD4.3, AIX 3.2+, SunOS 4.1.x, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX) Windows (3.x, '95, '98, Me, NT, 2000, XP; Intel and DEC Alpha) PC-DOS (built-in since PC-DOS 7) MS-DOS (separate products) Amiga (ARexx, built-in) DEC VMS Tandem VM/CMS compiler Novell Netware At least one company will port ‘to order’

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