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ARexx is a programming language created in 1987.

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ARexx is an implementation of the Rexx language for the Amiga, written in 1987 by William S. Hawes, with a number of Amiga-specific features beyond standard REXX facilities. Like most REXX implementations, ARexx is an interpreted language. Read more on Wikipedia...


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/* Alarm.rexx */ ARG event IF event = 0 THEN EXIT IF event = 1 THEN SAY "Program has ended unexpectedly" IF event = 2 THEN SAY "Program has finished its job" IF event = 3 THEN SAY "Cannot find data in selected directory"

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The Arexx Cookbook: A Tutorial Guide To The Arexx Language On The Commodore Amiga Personal Computer Merrill Callaway 0 1 3.00
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