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Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Gary Scott

Re: Short documentary streamed in 1982 f

18 Jan 26 22:59:04

   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:31:51 -0600, Gary Scott wrote:   
      
   > REXX could also be compiled, if desired.   
      
   From what I can gather, REXX does everything with strings. I would put   
   it on a par with TCL, perhaps.   
      
   Perl was more advanced than that.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)

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