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If you are interested in REXX, join us in Boston in May for the fifth REXX
Symposium (registration required), first meeting of the international REXX
Language Association (free), and meeting of the American National Standards
Institute X3J18 group working on a REXX standard (free, observers welcome).
Following are the Symposium registration details and tentative program and
agenda.
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REXX Symposium for Developers and Users
1-4 May, 1994
Omni Parker House
Boston, Massachusetts
The REXX Symposium provides a forum for information and ideas and an
opportunity to interact personally with others interested in using
and enjoying programming in REXX. Author Mike Cowlishaw and other
implementers will be present and participate in the sessions. This is
a participatory conference, so bring your software and ideas to share.
Please send questions to any member of the Symposium committee:
You are also invited to a kickoff meeting of the REXX Language Association
(RexxLA) to be held in conjunction with the Symposium and to attend the
ANSI meeting May 5-7 at the same hotel.
Special hotel rates have been negotiated for this Symposium if reservations
are made through the Omni Parker House in Boston by 1 April 1994. For
lodging call the Omni at 800-THE-OMNI or 617-227-8600 (fax 617-227-2120)
and ask for the REXX Symposium rate:
Lodging/Night -- US$92 single
US$109 double
Symposium registration is required:
Conference -- US$200 includes a dinner, breaks, Proceedings
-- US$75 for full-time students in degree
programs at accredited institutions
The registration fee is preferred in advance, payable in cash or check.
To register fill in the requested information below and call or mail to:
Village Travel
REXX Symposium
69 Town and Country Village
Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA
1-800-245-3260
1-415-326-0510 fax 1-415-326-0245
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Tentative Program 7 March
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Tom Brawn, IBM REXX for AIX,
REXX for NetWare
John Brock RXMATH
Anders Christensen, Techniques for Performance Tuning REXX
Student, Norway Interpreters---A Case Study of Regina
Ian Collier, Oxford Student New Features in REXX/imc
Mike Cowlishaw,IBM Interesting Corners of the REXX Language
Hal German, GTE Comparing Command Languages
Eric Giguere, Waterloo Watcom VX-REXX for OS/2
Klaus Hansjakob, IBM IBM REXX Compiler News
Lee Krystek, Boole Network Automation
and Babbage Operations in Unix
Luc Lafrance, Simware
Neil Milsted, iX Open-REXX for NT, Etc.
Patrick Mueller, IBM Adventures in Object Oriented
Programming with ROX
Simon Nash, IBM Object REXX Class Hierarchy
Scott Ophof REXX Language
Edmond A. Pruul REXX, Reuse, and Portability
Dave Renshaw, IBM Object REXX
David Shriver, IBM CICS REXX
Timothy Sipples, Center for REXX and OS/2 Multimedia
Populations Economics
Hobart Spitz Converting JCL to REXX
Ed Spire, The Workstation Group X-Based GUI XE Editor
ANSI Report
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Tentative Agenda, March 7
Sunday, May 1
1-4 PM Rexx Language Association (RexxLA) Steering Committee
4 PM Computer Museuam or Freedom Trail (optional)
7-8 PM Checkin
Monday, May 2
8 - 8:30 Checkin
8:45-12:30 Sessions
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 -5:30 Sessions
7:30-9:30 REXX Language Association public meeting (free)
Tuesday, May 3
9:00-12:30 Sessions
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 -5:30 Sessions
7:30-9:30 Dinner Provided
Wednesday, May 4
9:00-12:30 Sessions
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Sessions
3:30 Freedom Trail or Computer Museum (optional)
Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7
REXX ANSI Meeting (free for observers)
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