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::* Regina REXX (see the programming note below.)
<lang rexx>/*REXX program displays a "spinning rod" (AKA: trobbers or progress indicators). */
if 4=='f4'x then bs= "16"x /*EBCDIC? Then use this backspace chr.*/
else bs= "08"x /* ASCII? " " " " " */
signal on halt /*jump to HALT when user halts pgm.*/
$= '│/─\' /*the throbbing characters for display.*/
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call delay .25 /*delays a quarter of a second. */
end /*j*/
halt: say bs ' ' /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */</lang>
Programming note: this REXX program makes use of '''DELAY''' BIF which delays (sleeps) for a specified amount of seconds.
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