Editing Object REXX (section)

== Releases ==
The following table contains noteworthy features and changes of major Object REXX and ooRexx interpreter versions. All ooRexx releases and the necessary documentation are available freely on [[SourceForge|Sourceforge]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ooRexx (Open Object Rexx) - Browse /oorexx at SourceForge.net |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ooRexx (Open Object Rexx) - Browse /oorexx-docs at SourceForge.net |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx-docs/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref> For [[Arch Linux]] based distributions the current and the development version are available as [[Arch Linux#Arch User Repository (AUR)|Arch User Repository]]. Since version 5.0.0 there are portable versions of the interpreter that can be used without installation, and an [https://ecsoft2.org/oorexx-open-object-rexx unofficial port to OS/2] also exists. The [https://wi.wu.ac.at/rgf/rexx/tmp/net-oo-rexx-packages/ "net-oo-rexx" bundle] contains the latest portable version of ooRexx, [[NetRexx|Netrexx]], a Netrexx shell, the [[Object Rexx#Java|Java bridge and associated packages]], a shell for ooRexx and [[Object Rexx#Not supplied with interpreter|various other packages and programs]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=1 December 2024 |title=Net-oo-rexx Readme |url=https://wi.wu.ac.at/rgf/rexx/tmp/net-oo-rexx-packages/readme_net-oo-rexx.txt}}</ref>

For [[IntelliJ IDEA|Intellij IDEA]], the [[sourceforge:projects/bsf4oorexx/files/Sandbox/aseik/ooRexxIDEA/GA/2.2.0/|ooRexxPlugin]] adds support for [[syntax highlighting]], syntax checking, [[code completion]] and documentation support modeled after [[Javadoc]] using [[Annotation|annotations]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flatscher |first=Rony G. |year=2023 |title=The IntelliJ IDEA Plugin ooRexxPlugin 2.2 for Rexx and ooRexx 5.0 |url=https://www.rexxla.org/presentations/2023/04_ooRexx_Plugin_2_2.pdf}}</ref> [https://speleotrove.com/misc/rexxcpslist.html RexxCPS] is a benchmark that measures the number of Rexx clauses (independent syntax units in a line) per second that an interpreter processes.
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! Major Releases !! Release Date !! Notable Features and Changes
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| {{Version  |o |Object REXX<br />1.0.0<br />(OS/2) <ref name="OS2"/> |sortKey=1.0}}
| 1996-09-25 ||
* First official release as part of OS/2 Warp 4
* Support for object-oriented paradigm
* Concepts such as <code>SELECT</code>, <code>DO</code> loops, <code>IF-THEN-ELSE</code> branching
* Support for procedure and function calls, stems and compound variables
* Provides array handling, arithmetic and built-in functions
* Includes interfaces to [[IBM Db2|DB2]], [[Internet protocol suite|TCP/IP sockets]] and C applications
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| {{Version  |o |Object REXX<br />1.0.0<br />(Windows)<ref name="Win95" />   |sortKey=1.0}}
| 1997-02-28 ||
* First releases for Windows
* Development Edition (1997-05-30) additionally provides a dialogue library and editor as well asa built-in [[tokeniser]]
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| {{Version  |o |Object REXX<br />1.1.0<br />(AIX)<ref name="AIX"/> |sortKey=1.1}}
| 1999-04-09 ||
* First release for AIX V4.1.5
* Addition of library for [[File Transfer Protocol|file transfer protocol]] (FTP)
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| {{Version  |o |Object REXX<br />2.1.0<br />(Windows)<ref name="V2R1"/>   |sortKey=2.1}}
| 2001-04-21 ||
* Support for Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, and Windows NT
* Support for [[Object Linking and Embedding]]/[[ActiveX]], [[Windows Script Host]] (WSH) engine and [[Unicode]] functions
* Addition of RxMath native library
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| {{Version  |o  |ooRexx<br />3.0.0<ref name="ooNews">{{cite web |title=ooRexx News |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/news/ |website=Sourceforge |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Open Object Rexx Reference Version 3.0.0 Edition |date=24 March 2005 |publisher=RexxLA |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx-docs/3.0.0/rexxref.pdf |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>  |sortKey=3.0}}
| 2005-03-30 ||
* First release as open-source
* Supports 28 keyword instructions, four directives, 29 classes with associated methods and 75 built-in functions
* Includes an extension class for [[Regular expression|regular expressions]] and ooDialog 3.0.0
* Improved PDF documentation
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| {{Version  |o |ooRexx<br />3.1.0<ref name="ooNews"/>  |sortKey=3.1}}
| 2006-08-21 || 
* Various enhancements
* Separate documentation for ooDialog
|-
| {{Version  |o |ooRexx<br />3.1.1<ref name="ooNews"/> |sortKey=3.1 A}}
| 2006-11-23 ||
* Support for [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]] and [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]
* Additional methods for various classes and new functions for the RexxUtil library
* Addition of <code>CircularQueue</code> class
|-
| {{Version  |o |ooRexx<br />3.1.2<ref name="ooNews"/> |sortKey=3.1}}
| 2007-09-17 ||
* Support for [[MacOS]]
* Additional methods for the <code>MutableBuffer</code>, <code>String</code> and <code>Object</code> classes
* Includes interface to [[OpenOffice.org|Open Office]]
|-
| {{Version  |o |ooRexx<br />3.2.0 |sortKey=3.0}}
| 2008-01-22 ||
* Various enhancements
|-
| {{Version  |o  |ooRexx<br />4.0.0<ref>{{cite news |title=ooRexx 4.0.0: Readme |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/4.0.0/0ReadMe.pdf |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref> |sortKey=4.0}}
| 2009-09-30 ||
* Support for [[64-bit computing|64bit]] versions of [[Linux]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
* Drop support for WSH engine
* Improved [[C++]] [[API|application programming interface]]
* Addition of <code>Buffer</code>, <code>IdentityTable</code>, <code>Orderable</code>, <code>Package</code>, <code>Pointer</code>, <code>RexxContext</code>, <code>Routine</code>, <code>WeakReference</code> and <code>SocketClass</code> classes
* New methods for <code>RexxQueue</code>, <code>Object</code>, <code>DateTime</code>, <code>Method</code>, <code>Stem</code>, <code>String</code>, <code>MutableBuffer</code>, <code>OLEObject</code> classes
* Additional classes and methods for ooDialog
* Addition of sample programs and separate documentation for the Windows extension library
|-
| {{Version  |o  |ooRexx<br />4.1.0<ref>{{cite news |title=ooRexx 4.1.0: ReleaseNotes |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/4.1.0/ReleaseNotes |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>   |sortKey=4.1}}
| 2011-09-28 ||
* Addition of RxUnixSys library and ooSQLite extension<ref>{{cite news |title=ooSQLite: Readme |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/ooSQLite/ReadMe.txt |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>
* Enhancement of [[Internet protocol suite|TCP/IP]] socket and ooDialog support
* Addition of <code>File</code> class and new methods for <code>DateTime</code> class
* Addition of extension classes for handling the [[comma-separated values]], [[MIME|multipurpose internet mail extensions]] and [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|simple mail transfer protocol]]
* Separate documentation for the Rexx and Unix extension library (RxUnixSys)
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| {{Version  |o  |ooRexx<br />4.2.0<ref>{{cite news |title=ooRexx 4.2.0: Changes |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/4.2.0/CHANGES.txt |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref>  |sortKey=4.2}}
| 2014-02-23 ||
* More than 43 enhancements (e.g. tracing)
* Standalone installer for ooDialog 4.2.3 and several new classes and methods
* [[Systemd]] support and compliance with [[Linux Standard Base]]
* New methods for the <code>Relation</code>, <code>OrderedCollections</code>, <code>Array</code>, <code>String</code>, <code>Mutablebuffer</code>, <code>StackFrame</code>, <code>Queue</code> and <code>OrderedCollection</code> classes
* Separate documentation for ooSQLite external library
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| {{Version  |o  |ooRexx<br />5.0.0<ref>{{cite news |title=ooRexx 5.0.0: Changes |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/5.0.0/CHANGES.txt |access-date=18 May 2024}}</ref> |sortKey=5.0}}
| 2022-12-22 ||
* A total of 86 new features and 76 enhancements
* Addition of <code>AlarmNotification</code>, <code>Json</code>, <code>MessageNotification</code>, <code>RexxInfo</code>, <code>StringTable</code> and <code>Validate</code> classes

* New methods for <code>Alarm</code>, <code>Class</code>, <code>Collection</code>, <code>Directory</code>, <code>Message</code>, <code>Method</code>, <code>MutableBuffer</code>, <code>Object</code>, <code>Package</code>, <code>Routine</code>, <code>String</code> and <code>RxFtp</code> classes
* Separate documentation ooRexxUnit ([[unit testing]] framework), orxnCurses ([[ncurses]] library), C/C++ APIs and the release and [[Software build|build environment]]
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| {{Version  |c  |ooRexx<br />5.1.0    |sortKey=5.1}}
| 2025-05-02   ||
* A total of 36 enhancements
* Several improvements to <code>Json</code> class
* Inclusion of <code>oleinfo</code> scripts to facilitate [[Object Rexx#Windows automation|Windows automation]]
* Addition of the <code>TraceObject</code> class to support the [[Object REXX#Tracing|tracing]] of [[Object REXX#Multi-threading|multi-threaded]] programs
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| {{Version|cp|ooRexx<br />5.2.0|sortKey=5.1}}
| 2025-05-05   ||
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