Looking for a scripting language

[Alex Martelli]

Cameron Laird wrote:

> In article <m3wuujz3hz.fsf at chvatal.cbbrowne.com>,
> Christopher Browne  <cbbrowne at acm.org> wrote:
> .
>>Your list should also include Ruby, and it's probably also worth
>>taking a _quick_ look at REXX which is more mature than any of the

Yep, it DID first get me on a scripting binge back in the early '80s.

> But Rexx still doesn't have ("native") COM or SOAP
> facilities, right?  My speculation about the original

COM seems to be supported now in Object Rexx (sorry, no 1st hand 
experience):

http://oss.software.ibm.com/pipermail/bsf-discussion/2001-April/000209.html

and also as an add-on to other versions (ditto):

http://www.interlog.com/~ptjm

Not sure about SOAP, sorry.


Alex