oorexx Windows Vista 64 bit support

Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
Windows Vista 64 bit OS? I have a new system which came with the
Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
language.

On Jul 22, 3:22*pm, geostr...@q.com wrote:
> Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
> Windows Vista 64 bit OS? *I have a new system which came with the
> Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
> language.

We can't really give a target date, as there's still a lot of work
still to go on the next release. On the other hand, about 10 minutes
ago I got our first successful build on a 64-bit OS (Fedora 9, in this
case). This is a huge milestone on the way make 64-bit releases
available.

Rick

Rick McGuire wrote:
> On Jul 22, 3:22 pm, geostr...@q.com wrote:
>
>>Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
>>Windows Vista 64 bit OS? I have a new system which came with the
>>Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
>>language.
>
>
> We can't really give a target date, as there's still a lot of work
> still to go on the next release. On the other hand, about 10 minutes
> ago I got our first successful build on a 64-bit OS (Fedora 9, in this
> case). This is a huge milestone on the way make 64-bit releases
> available.

Curious. It should be possible to code more portably such that it
shouldn't be much of a deal to port from 32 to 64 bits. I hope this is
being considered in any redesign.

>
> Rick


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geostroud@q.com wrote:
> Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
> Windows Vista 64 bit OS? I have a new system which came with the
> Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
> language.

The 32-bit one will run on the 64-bit Windows operating systems. There's
a few relative obscure limitations, such as inability to look at 64-bit
sections of the registry.

Graham.

Gary Scott wrote:
> Rick McGuire wrote:
>> On Jul 22, 3:22 pm, geostr...@q.com wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
>>> Windows Vista 64 bit OS? I have a new system which came with the
>>> Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
>>> language.
>>
>>
>> We can't really give a target date, as there's still a lot of work
>> still to go on the next release. On the other hand, about 10 minutes
>> ago I got our first successful build on a 64-bit OS (Fedora 9, in this
>> case). This is a huge milestone on the way make 64-bit releases
>> available.
>
> Curious. It should be possible to code more portably such that it
> shouldn't be much of a deal to port from 32 to 64 bits. I hope this is
> being considered in any redesign.
>
>>
>> Rick
>
>

That IS the purpose of lot of the the redesign.

Rick

Rick McGuire wrote:

> Gary Scott wrote:
>
>> Rick McGuire wrote:
>>
>>> On Jul 22, 3:22 pm, geostr...@q.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
>>>> Windows Vista 64 bit OS? I have a new system which came with the
>>>> Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
>>>> language.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We can't really give a target date, as there's still a lot of work
>>> still to go on the next release. On the other hand, about 10 minutes
>>> ago I got our first successful build on a 64-bit OS (Fedora 9, in this
>>> case). This is a huge milestone on the way make 64-bit releases
>>> available.
>>
>>
>> Curious. It should be possible to code more portably such that it
>> shouldn't be much of a deal to port from 32 to 64 bits. I hope this
>> is being considered in any redesign.
>>
>>>
>>> Rick
>>
>>
>>
>
> That IS the purpose of lot of the the redesign.

Great, then when 128-bit becomes the norm...

>
> Rick


--

Gary Scott
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Gary Scott wrote:
> Rick McGuire wrote:
>
>> Gary Scott wrote:
>>
>>> Rick McGuire wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jul 22, 3:22 pm, geostr...@q.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
>>>>> Windows Vista 64 bit OS? I have a new system which came with the
>>>>> Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
>>>>> language.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We can't really give a target date, as there's still a lot of work
>>>> still to go on the next release. On the other hand, about 10 minutes
>>>> ago I got our first successful build on a 64-bit OS (Fedora 9, in this
>>>> case). This is a huge milestone on the way make 64-bit releases
>>>> available.
>>>
>>>
>>> Curious. It should be possible to code more portably such that it
>>> shouldn't be much of a deal to port from 32 to 64 bits. I hope this
>>> is being considered in any redesign.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> That IS the purpose of lot of the the redesign.
>
> Great, then when 128-bit becomes the norm...

....I'll be retired, and it will be someone else's job :-)

>
>>
>> Rick
>
>

On Jul 23, 6:24 am, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gary Scott wrote:

> > Great, then when 128-bit becomes the norm...
>
> ...I'll be retired, and it will be someone else's job :-)

I'll have to do it. I'm too poor to ever retire. ;-)

--
Mark Miesfeld

On Jul 22, 12:22*pm, geostr...@q.com wrote:
> Is there a target date for a version of oorexx that will run on
> Windows Vista 64 bit OS? *I have a new system which came with the
> Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I use rexx as my primary scripting
> language.

It looks like he isn't asking for a 64 bit version of ooRexx but
wanted to know if it runs on Vista x64.

I am running Vista X64 Business and ooRexx without any issues. Unless
you run into the registry issues mentioned above, I don't see why you
should have any problems.

Mark Miesfeld wrote:

> On Jul 23, 6:24 am, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Gary Scott wrote:
>
>
>>>Great, then when 128-bit becomes the norm...
>>
>>...I'll be retired, and it will be someone else's job :-)
>
>
> I'll have to do it. I'm too poor to ever retire. ;-)

Just about everybody feels that way, no matter how much they make

>
> --
> Mark Miesfeld


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Gary Scott
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