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Summary: Far to wordy
Review: As an experinced programmer I feel this book is far to wordy, to the point of discribing a what is going on in the class room. Frankly I can't believe this is an IBM manual do to the lack of information provided and the fluff included.
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Summary: Total Waste of money
Review: I can't believe they consider this a technical book on REXX. Nobody who buys this book wants a stupid story line behind what should be the technical details of programming REXX in Windows.If you drop all the fluff, you would only have a 50 page document. If your looking for a better reference on REXX, I suggest getting the IBM Mainframe Programmer's Desk Reference. The Reference covers many other IBM utilities, but it does a good job of covering the REXX commands and giving examples on how to use them. I bought this book to learn REXX when I first started. It was a very valuable resource. I still use it often in my day - to - day programming.
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Summary: I liked it!
Review: I use many different languages but I like REXX for its easy access to the OS. At first I thought that the story line was hokey, but after a while I enjoyed it. It provided a context for the technical detail. I applaud the authors for their efforts (next time I'd recommend that they pilfer a more established author's story line because the story was a bit weak.) Imagine "Salem's oREXX", instead of "Salem's Lot". I disagree with the critics who panned the book. I found it well worth the money.
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Summary: Browse before you buy
Review: I'm disappointed with the content and style of this book. Briefly: - It doesn't have much info specific to the Win95/NT environment. - 130+ pages are used to repeat reference information available on the Object Rexx CD-ROM. - Only 3 1/2 pages are dedicated to the Object REXX Workbench, mostly screen prints. - Far, far too many lines of text are used for irrevelant chatter of some fictional programmers. Sample p.97: "Come on, Steve, your're late for the meeting!" called Curt. "I'm busy working", Steve called back. "You know that work is no excuse for missing a meeting, Steve," responded Curt. ....followed by many lines of simliar useless "noise" before any real info. ....and many instances of similar simulated conversations. Maybe your mileage will differ. I bought this book in hopes it would be useful in migrating from an OS/2 classic REXX platform to OBJECT REXX on WinNT. We have lots of existing programs and will continue to use REXX for new development.
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Summary: Has REXX Interpreter, DB2, and a Working Application
Review: The book is aimed at someone who knows REXX. It spends a couple of chapters reviewing how classical REXX works and then starts explaining object concepts. The author uses the vehicle of a fictional software development shop developing a car dealer application. The example works well as the author adds more and more function to the application using the functions in object REXX. I have converted a couple of my REXX programs to object REXX, but have not yet taken advantage of object programming as such but I will be. The book is not a primer on REXX. Cowlishaw's and Daney's books are excellent primers and references. Unfortunately these books were written before object REXX came on the scene.
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