1. January 2007, Rexx Language Association (www.RexxLA.org) -- The Rexx Language Association is proud to inform the public that version 3.1.1 of Open Object Rexx (ooRexx) has been released and may be freely downloaded from www.ooRexx.org. For the first time, binary versions are available for Mac OSX and AIX. New binaries for Windows, Linux and Solaris have been created as well with versions for Solaris pending. In addition users can download the source code of Open Object Rexx and may freely and readily build the programming language themselves. IBM donated the source code of its Object REXX product to the Rexx Language Association in December 2004 for publication and support as an open source project. With ooRexx 3.1.1 both the Rexx and open source communities can enjoy the numerous enhancements and fixes that have been incorporated into ooRexx under RexxLA stewardship. ooRexx ranks in the top few percent of all active project downloads on SourceForge (see sourceforge.net).

* The Linux version of ooRexx 3.1.1-- The Linux version of ooRexx has been ported to many Linux distributions. At present an rpm-package is supplied that can be used for installing/updating ooRexx on the Linux x86 platform. As of October 2006 Open Object Rexx (ooRexx) was incorporated into Fedora Core Extras Repository, reflecting the increased support the open source version of Object Rexx has gained in the past 18 months.

* The Windows version of ooRexx 3.1.1-- The version 3.1.1 of ooRexx supersedes version 3.1 of August 2006 and fixes a few bugs on the Windows platform. Windows users of ooRexx 3.1 are urged to upgrade to version 3.1.1 as soon as possible. The Windows implementation of ooRexx makes it a WSE (Windows Script Engine) and can be used for interacting with Windows and Windows COM objects using OLE/ActiveX. ooRexx can be deployed on Windows wherever VBScript or JScript can be used e.g. as a DHTML scripting language or for ASP serving. In addition one can use Microsoft's WSH (Windows Script Host)to create COM classes (WSC, Windows Script COMponent) in ooRexx which then can be instantiated like any other COM class from C++, ooRexx, Visual Basic, even via DCOM (distributed COM)! Just look up the numerous small ("nutshell") samples that get installed with ooRexx on the Windows platform in the downloaded product's folders "%REXX_HOME%samplesole" and "%REXX_HOME%samplesoodialog".

* The Mac OSX version of ooRexx 3.1.1-- The introduction of a binary package for MacOSX (PPC, Intel) marks another milestone for the Rexx/ooRexx community, bringing a powerful and easy to use programming language to this innovative platform. Furthermore, ooRexx programs on MacOSX can directly access Java, automatically making them open-platform applications.

* The Solaris version of ooRexx 3.1.1-- The Solaris version of ooRexx has been ported to the i386 versions 2.9, 2.10 and SPARC 2.9. There are pkg and tar versions supplied that can be used for installing/updating ooRexx on the i386 and SPARC platforms.

* The AIX version of ooRexx 3.1.1-- The introduction of a binary package for IBM's AIX operating system marks a milestone. It is the first open source version of Open Object Rexx for that platform. IBM has discontinued its commercial Object REXX for AIX, making ooRexx very important to professional AIX programmers.

* Documentation on Open Object Rexx (ooRexx)-- ooRexx is accompanied by probably the best documentation of any open source project. The documentation is freely available via the Internet either in the form of nicely formatted PDF books or rendered as HTML: www.oorexx.org. Also, a few interesting nutshell ooRexx examples are always installed with ooRexx , located in the "samples" directory and its optional subdirectories (depending on the platform). The internet newsgroup and the ooRexx SourceForge site sourceforge.net/forum are two of several sources for help.

2. About Open Object Rexx (ooRexx). Open Object Rexx (ooRexx) is an object-oriented scripting language. The original Rexx language was designed as a procedural tool for non-programmers, so it is easy to learn and easy to use. Open Object Rexx extends procedural Rexx with object-oriented features and provides an excellent vehicle to enter the world of object-oriented programming. ooRexx allows you to gradually change your approach to programming problems as you learn more about objects. ooRexx is backwards-compatible with Rexx and will run procedural and mixed procedural/object-oriented programs as well! The homepage of ooRexx is at: www.ooRexx.org, which also points to the core developer team.

3. About Rexx Language Association (RexxLA). RexxLA is an international, not-for-profit organization based in North Carolina, U.S.A. with voluntary officers that span the world (America, Australia, Europe). RexxLA organizes the "International Rexx Symposium" every spring for Rexx enthusiasts. The upcoming 18th International Rexx Symposium is a five-day conference, 29 April - 3 May 2007 (Sunday - Thursday) in Tampa, Florida, USA. The homepage of the RexxLA is at www.RexxLA.org, which also points to the officers and the International Rexx symposia.

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