Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:sourceforge': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; '22,': 0.09; 'assumed': 0.09; 'foss': 0.09; 'if,': 0.09; 'skip:\\ 10': 0.09; 'jan': 0.12; 'wrote': 0.14; 'language.': 0.14; 'changes': 0.15; 'amiga': 0.16; 'api,': 0.16; 'daemons': 0.16; 'dime': 0.16; "os'": 0.16; 'rings': 0.16; 'stuff,': 0.16; 'trivia': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'code.': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'platforms': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'replace': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'door': 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; 'asked': 0.31; 'serve': 0.31; 'comparison': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'guess': 0.33; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'two': 0.37; 'problems': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'content-disposition:inline': 0.62; 'name': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'life': 0.66; 'received:46': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'between': 0.67; 'sales': 0.69; 'received:pl': 0.69; 'to,': 0.72; 'hand': 0.80; 'william': 0.81; '2015': 0.84; 'rexx,': 0.84; 'relating': 0.93 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:47:30 +0100 From: Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: What killed Smalltalk could kill Python References: <54bfd513$0$12978$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <20150122044609.GA1948@mikrus> <201501220726.32008.gheskett@wdtv.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <201501220726.32008.gheskett@wdtv.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - pol41.nameserverus2.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - fuse.pl X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: pol41.nameserverus2.com: authenticated_id: emil+fuse.pl/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1421942339 news.xs4all.nl 2931 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33834 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:84237 On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 07:26:31AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Still (somehow) alive in neo-Amiga platforms like AmigaOS4.x, MorphOS > > and AROS. I know that's as good as dead but there are still people > > writing AREXX glue code. > He asked about REXX, not AREXX. There is no comparison between the two as > AREXX was a huge superset of REXX. Never seeing a proper REXX I always assumed it's just Amiga port retrofitted to serve as OS' needs as IPC language. You learn everyday. > If, when anyone here was using an amiga, and was using EzCron to schedule > stuff, Jim Hines and I wrote it as there was no such scheduler for > amigados. I used few cron-like daemons and the name rings a bell! > Trivia bit: William Hawes, who wrote AREXX and sold it thru the commode > door sales channels, was never paid a dime for his work. There are still problems with AREXX copyright/distribution, but as you can guess after few changes of hand Amiga's IP is mess. AROS, begin FOSS reimplementation of AmigaOS API, uses Regina to replace AREXX http://regina-rexx.sourceforge.net/ -- vag·a·bond adjective \ˈva-gə-ˌbänd\ a :  of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer b :  leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life