I should have mentioned that I was one of the early
users of REX/3000 - 1980. I was surprised to hear it's
still alive and kicking and I'm sure it's now
infinitely better than it was 20 years ago!

--- "Eric H. Sand" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> <After Allan after Scott>
>      <Start of Plug..>
>         REX/3000 is alive and well here at Data
> Research Associates...It has
> been maintained and enhanced over the last six years
> here in Monterey,
> Calif. I am a little at a loss to understand the
> phrase "always found that
> you had to go into the created code to modify it to
> do what you wanted". I
> don't know what situation(s) Allan is referring to,
> but REX today is a very
> powerfull high level language that produces object
> code as a result of
> compilation. REX is a procedure oriented language
> similar to PASCAL, and we
> refer to it here as "Pascal without the tears". The
> following quote appears
> in the REX manual.
>
>              "REX is a complete business programming
> language for the
> HPe3000 family of computers and is well suited for
> everything from an
> occasional database fix-up to complete applications
> systems development".
>
>         Many of our sites use REX for report
> generation, but it is capable
> of much more.
>         <..End of Plug>
>
>                                               Eric
> Sand
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allan Chalmers [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 7:37 AM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Re: A Little Help for the Lost.
> >
> > From my fast fading memory re REX:
> >
> > It was called REX/3000 and was a report writer
> that
> > created Pascal code.  Gentry Inc. of Oakland CA
> (510
> > 547 6134) marketed it and, I believe created it.
> I
> > bought a copy for a big project Gentry did for me
> and
> > always found that you had to go into the created
> code
> > to modify it to do what you wanted. I was
> > underwhelmed.
> > This was twenty years ago.
> > There was another inquiry about it some time back
> on
> > HP3000-L.
> >
> >
> > --- Scott Petersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > I am trying to find information on 3 different
> > > products.  At one point they
> > > were products on the market for the HP3000.  I
> even
> > > recall hearing about
> > > some of them myself.  The products in question
> are
> > > ESP, REX, and GLASS.  If
> > > you have any knowledge or information about them
> > > (status, situation,
> > > condition, current owner, etc., etc. ...) it
> would
> > > be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks Scott.
> > > *********************************************
> > > Scott Petersen
> > > eXegeSys, Inc.
> > > R&D Manager
> > > 801-799-0917 x 213
> > > e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
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