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PR: New REXX SuperSet/2 Supports Object REXX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fcruz@softouch.com)
Wed Mar 12 13:59:31 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 12 Mar 1997 17:46:01 GMT
From: fcruz@softouch.com
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Contact: Felix Cruz, REXX SuperSet/2 Product Manager SofTouch Systems, Inc.
405/947-8085 Internet: fcruz@softouch.com Compuserve: 72274,3102
http://www.softouch.com
New version of REXX SuperSet/2 (tm) supports Object REXX for OS/2 (tm)
REXX SuperSet/2 2.0 for OS/2
Oklahoma City, OK -- SofTouch Systems is excited to announce the REXX
SuperSet/2 Version 2.0 is available for general delivery. REXX SuperSet/2 is
SofTouch Systems' first product to support the new Object version of the
popular REXX procedural program included with OS/2.
REXX SuperSet/2 provides the REXX programmer with the most extensive set of
"classic" REXX external functions available from a single source. Over 300
external functions in seven DLLs are registered to the REXX processor supplied
with OS/2. These external functions can be used in TCP/IP, NetBIOS, EHLLAPI,
LANServer and Warpserver and CPIC environments.
REXX SuperSet/2 Version 2.0 supplies new REXX classes to create external
objects. The new classes will create the following objects:
o Named Pipes server and client objects
o TCP/IP sockets server and client objects
o NetBIOS server and client objects
o CPIC server and client objects
o FTP server and client objects
o OS/2 semaphores encapsulated as objects
o OS/2 VIO functions encapsulated as objects
Each of these object packages is supplied as a System Object Model (SOM)
Dynamic Link Library (DLL). Because they are supplied as objects, the
programmer can make full use of them by subclassing and inheriting from them
to create their own Object REXX customized objects.
According to Rick Jones, president and CEO of SofTouch Systems, "The SOM
objects technology in REXX SuperSet/2 allows a greater range of functionality
to be encapsulated and a simpler programming interface to be used. This
reduces the effort needed by the programmer to use and learn the objects and
their interfaces. The result is smaller programs and shorter application
development times," Jones added.
REXX SuperSet/2 improves the programmer's productivity because it organizes
the classic REXX extensions by environment, establishes a consistent function
syntax, and provides examples for every REXX function. A 650 page product
manual describes the functions, their syntax, and lists examples from real
working programs. REXX SuperSet/2 includes an on-line version of the product
documentation as well.
The REXX SuperSet/2 Version 2.0 supports all versions of OS/2 2.x, 3.0, and
Warp 4.0. Object REXX and OS/2 Warp 4.0 are required to use the new REXX
SuperSet/2 object classes.
With this release, SofTouch Systems is dropping the requirement to license
runtime DLLs. According to Jones, "Our customers urged us to drop the runtime
license charge because it was too time consuming to administer and monitor DLL
usage. By dropping the runtime DLL charges, the market's acceptance of REXX
SuperSet/2 will increase significantly," Jones said. "Application developers
will now know in advance how much their REXX development projects will cost
and no longer have to manage the number of runtime licenses used in their
company," he added.
With this release, SofTouch Systems is announcing REXX SuperSet/2 Professional
Edition and REXX SuperSet/2 Personal Edition. REXX SuperSet/2 - Professional
Edition consists of the 300 classic REXX external functions, the classes for
creating new networking objects with Object REXX, and the printed and on-line
documentation.
REXX SuperSet/2 - Personal Edition is a subset of the REXX SuperSet/2
Professional Edition It is intended for the casual user interested in using
REXX for personal use. It includes the complete documentation and examples but
does not include the networking DLLs (TCP/IP, NetBIOS, LAN Server/Warp Server,
CPIC, and EHLLAPI functions) or the new networking Object REXX classes.
REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition lists for $249 for a single-user
developer license and $79.95 for the single user license.
SofTouch customers may purchase REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition for $199
and REXX SuperSet/2 Personal Edition for $69.00.
Registered REXX SuperSet/2 Version 1.0 customers may upgrade to REXX
SuperSet/2 Professional Edition for $49.00. There is no upgrade to the REXX
SuperSet/2 Personal Edition.
The deadline for upgrading to REXX SuperSet/2 2.0 is May 30, 1997. Anyone
buying REXX SuperSet/2 1.0 between now and May 30, 1997, is eligible to
upgrade to the REXX SuperSet/2 Professional Edition for $49.00, plus shipping
and handling, with valid proof of purchase.
SofTouch Systems' Workstation Division is a provider of disk, file, and
desktop management utilities for the OS/2 operating system. Established in
1983, SofTouch Systems is located in Oklahoma City, OK.
OS/2 is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines
Corporation. Object REXX is a trademark of the International Business
Machines Corporation.
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