Rexx Programmer's Reference

Acknowledgments

Special thanks are due to Mark Hessling, who writes and maintains Regina Rexx and a wide variety of open source Rexx tools and interfaces. As the technical reviewer for this book, Mark was an invaluable source of recommendations for improvement as well as (oops!) corrections. His expertise and helpfulness were critical to improving this book.

Special gratitude is also due to the inventor of Rexx, Michael Cowlishaw. His advice and feedback were very much appreciated.

In the process of developing this book, I wrote inquiries to many people without any prior introduction. Each and every one of them responded helpfully. It was a great pleasure to meet people with such an interest in Rexx, who so kindly answered questions and who greatly improved this book with their suggestions.

I would like to give heartfelt thanks to María Teresa Alonso y Albado, W. David Ashley, Gil Barmwater, Dr. Dennis Beckley, Alex Brodsky, Frank Clarke, Steve Coalbran, Ian Collier, Les Cottrell, Michael Cowlishaw, Chip Davis, Prof. Rony Flatscher, Jeff Glatt, Etienne Gloux, Bernard Golden, Bob Hamilton, Henri Henault, Stéphane Henault, Mark Hessling, Jack Hicks, IBM Corporation, René Vincent Jansen, Jaxo Inc., Kåre Johansson, Kilowatt Software, Les Koehler, Laboratorios Bagó S.A., Joseph A. Latone, Henri LeFebure, Michael Lueck, Antoni Levato, Dave Martin, Rob McNair, Patrick TJ McPhee, Dr. Laura Murray, Walter u. Christel Pachl, Lee Peedin, Priscilla Polk, the Rexx Language Association, Pierre G. ...