Project Aims

cREXX exists to explore and deliver a modern REXX implementation while keeping the spirit that made REXX useful:

make programming easier than before

The project is grounded in REXX heritage, but it is not only a preservation exercise. It aims to make REXX practical on current systems, pleasant to extend, and capable of supporting both classic scripting workflows and newer typed, toolchain-oriented use cases.

Direction

cREXX aims to:

• provide a clean compiler, assembler, linker, and virtual-machine toolchain
• keep REXX readable, direct, and approachable
• support modern implementation techniques without losing REXX character
• make libraries and language services increasingly expressible in REXX itself
• support both desktop development platforms and historically important REXX environments where practical
• keep implementation facts in the repository, where code and tests can keep them honest

Principles

• The implemented release is more important than an old plan.
• The language should remain friendly to people reading the program.
• Advanced implementation features should not make simple programs harder.
• Portability matters.
• Project history should remain available, but not masquerade as current technical documentation.

Current Technical Reference

For current facts, start with the release documentation and the repository README.