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Comment Open Object Rexx (Score 2, Interesting) 283

by dashley (#33868626) Attached to: Grad Student Looking To Contribute To Open Source

Perhaps you might be interested in a smaller project where the number of developers is also small, but quite open to new blood. All of the current developers would be very happy to get you started with the ooRexx project. The source code is mostly C++ and we do not use templates, mainly because we have no need of them for our requirements.

ooRexx is an interpreter for multiple platforms and has a very interesting math library. All interpreter calculations are done in floating decimal, not binary. The current library supports most typical math functions (add, subtract, divide, multiply, remainder) but it lack higher order functions such as trig functions.

If this sounds interesting to you feel free to use the contact list at http://www.oorexx.org/contact.html to email one of us and we can get you started or supply you with more information.

David Ashley
Project Leader, ooRexx Project
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Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Posts reports that the Social Security Administration has agreed to pay more than $500 million in back benefits to more than 80,000 recipients whose benefits were unfairly denied after they were flagged by a federal computer program designed to catch serious criminals. At issue is a 1996 law, which contained language later nicknamed the 'fleeing felon' provision, that said fugitives were ineligible to receive federal benefits. As part of its enforcement, the administration began searching computer databases to weed out people who were collecting benefits and had outstanding warrants. The searches captured dozens of criminals, including some wanted for homicide, but they also ensnared countless elderly and disabled people accused of relatively minor offenses such as shoplifting or writing bad checks and in some cases, the victims simply shared a name and a birth date with an offender." (Read more, below.)

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