[comp.os.os2.misc] REXX in OS/2 1.2EE, 1.3, 2.0

CATHIE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (04/27/91)

The procedures/macro/programming language REXX is now included in OS/2
and the OS/2 developer, Rick McGuire of IBM, will talk about "REXX for
OS/2 2.0" at the REXX Symposium.  The conference is sponsored by the
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and will be held May 8-9 at Asilomar,
Pacific Grove, CA.  All are invited and the agenda and fee schedule follow:

                   REXX Symposium Preliminary Agenda

 Wednesday, May 8

      9:00  Cathie Dager:  Welcome

      9:15  Linda Green:  REXXoids

     10:00  BREAK

     10:15  Mike Cowlishaw:  Design of REXX

     11:00  Brian Marks:  Review of ANSI and Other Language Discussions

     12:00  LUNCH

            APPLICATIONS Track              WISHES Track
            ------------------              ------------

      1:00  Linda Littleton:  Netnews       Eric Giguere: Command Standards

      1:45  George Crane: Oracle Interface  Charles Daney:  Improvements

      2:30  BREAK

            APPLICATIONS cont'              TECHNIQUES Track
            -----------------               ----------------

      2:45  Marc Irvin:  Expert Systems     Keith Watts:  Parsing

      3:30  Irvin continues                 Dave Gomberg:  Tuning
            _____________________________________________________

      4:00  BREAK

      4:15  Simon Nash: Object Oriented REXX

      5:15  Discussion

      6:00  DINNER

      7:45  Announcement Opportunity

      8:00  Implementors Panel:  Mike Cowlishaw, Charles Daney,  Bill Hawes,
                                 Neil Milsted, Rick McGuire, Keith Watts

 Thursday, May 9

            IBM REXX                        OTHER PLATFORMS
            --------                        ---------------

      9:00  Rick McGuire:  REXX             Robert Pesner:  PC Functions
            Interpreter for OS/2 2.0

      9:45  Bert Moser:  Compiler           Ed Spire:  Unix and VAX
            ____________________________________________________________

     10:45  BREAK

     11:00  TBA

     12:00  LUNCH

      1:00  Unix Panel:  Jeff Lankford, Alan Thew, Scott Ophof,
                         Jonathan Jenkins, Sam Drake

      2:45  BREAK

      3:00  Bebo White:  Using REXX to Teach Programming

      3:30  Bob Flores:  Shared Function Library

      4:00  John Hartmann:  Pipelines

      5:00  CLOSING

Fees:  Registration Only - $180
       Complete Symposium Package - $500 (single), $360 (shared lodging)
         The complete packages include lodging (3 nights), 9 meals,
         3 social hours, coffee breaks, and all meeting literature.

Reservations:  For registration only, with no lodging contact
       Dave Gomberg at 415-731-7793 or gomberg@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu
       For a complete package, send a non-refundable $50 deposit to:

                             Dave Gomberg
                             REXX Symposium 1991
                             7 Gateview Court
                             San Francisco, CA 94116-1941
                             USA
For the shared lodging option, please indicate the name of the
person with whom the room is to be shared OR if you would like to
be assigned an attendee with whom you will share your room.

Cathie Dager     cathie@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu    415-926-2904
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