REXX

Rexx is a high-level programming language developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. Both proprietary and open source Rexx interpreters exist for a wide range of computing platforms, and compilers exist for IBM mainframe computers. Rexx is used for scripting, application macros and application development. As a general purpose scripting language, Rexx is considered a precursor to Tcl and Python. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1979
Designed by: Mike Cowlishaw
Developed by: IBM • Mike Cowlishaw
Aliases: Restructured Extended Executor
File extensions: EXEC, bat, cmd, exec, rex, rexx

Wikidata: Q685820

Influenced: NetRexx • Object REXX

Influenced by: ALGOL • EXEC 2 • PL/I

Programming paradigms: procedural programming • structured programming

Language types: command line interface language • interpreted language

<<hello.rexx>>=
Say "Hello World"