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REXX

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REXX

Summary

REXX is a programming language[1]. REXX draws 344 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #75 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • REXX was influenced by PL/I[3].
  • REXX was influenced by ALGOL[4].
  • REXX was influenced by CMS EXEC[5].
  • REXX was influenced by EXEC 2[6].
  • REXX's instance of is recorded as programming language[7].
  • REXX's instance of is recorded as command line interface language[8].
  • REXX's instance of is recorded as interpreted language[9].
  • REXX's developer is recorded as IBM[10].
  • REXX's developer is recorded as Mike Cowlishaw[11].
  • REXX's designed by is recorded as Mike Cowlishaw[12].
  • REXX's software version identifier is recorded as ANSI X3.274[13].
  • REXX is part of IBM Systems Application Architecture[14].
  • REXX's Commons category is recorded as REXX (programming language)[15].
  • January 1, 1979 marks the founding of REXX[16].
  • REXX's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rexx[17].
  • REXX's file extension is recorded as cmd[18].
  • REXX's file extension is recorded as bat[19].
  • REXX's file extension is recorded as exec[20].
  • REXX's file extension is recorded as rexx[21].
  • REXX's file extension is recorded as rex[22].
  • REXX's file extension is recorded as EXEC[23].
  • REXX's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[24].
  • REXX's programming paradigm is recorded as structured programming[25].
  • REXX's typing discipline is recorded as dynamic typing[26].

Body

Geography

REXX is part of IBM Systems Application Architecture[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[7], command line interface language[8], and interpreted language[9].

History and Context

January 1, 1979 marks the founding of REXX[16].

Why It Matters

REXX draws 344 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #75 of 742).[2] REXX has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] REXX is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

REXX has been cited as an influence by Object REXX[29], a programming language[30], founded in 1988[31] and NetRexx[32], a programming language[33], founded in 1996[34].

FAQs

Who did REXX influence?

REXX has been cited as an influence by Object REXX[29] and NetRexx[32].

Related Entities

ALGOL command line interface language EXEC 2 IBM IBM Systems Application Architecture interpreted language Mike Cowlishaw NetRexx Object REXX PL/I procedural programming programming language

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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