> Had to look it up but apparently rexx was first released in 1979 REXX was designed as successor to two earlier, more cumbersome scripting languages for the I

> Had to look it up but apparently rexx was first released in 1979 REXX was designed as successor to two earlier, more cumbersome scripting languages for the IBM VM/CMS operating system, EXEC and its successor EXEC 2. So arguing REXX is the “first” scripting language requires ignoring REXX’s direct ancestors