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On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> wrote:
> http://www.oorexx.org/
>
> I use ooRexx every day, on Linux mostly, but also available on Windows.

So the question really is: Why that, as opposed to some other
language? Can you say, in one sentence, what ooRexx has that other
languages don't have?

ChrisA