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If you see the amount of scripting that's been done for Algodoo, 
you'd be impressed - and that language has nowhere near Rebol's strengths.

So, what I'm saying is that given a stimulating environment, like 
Algodoo, for example, people will code quite a lot.

Is it possible to integrate REBOL as a scripting language, without 
too much trouble?

Couldn't tell you, but in an indirect way, I would think that Rebol 
would be easier to do than quite a few other languages. This is because 
the current scripting language, Thyme, is very much Lua-like.

Have you or anyone at Algoryx looked at what's required?  I didn't 
look into it that far.

Is it a not a gui-based tool?

No, haven't looked myself, but I know from reading things here and 
there, that Emil has the idea of re-working/re-thinking the scripting 
language.

So, I would think a conversation with him would be worthwhile.

If you can speak with him, and get some technical details, maybe 
there's some potential, especially if he gets help from the group.

If they felt that some other entity would sponsor at least part of 
the work (on the assumption that what gets created is then made available 
to the Rebol community), they might be interested.

First step is to find out how big a project it is...

Sure. There are different milestones for a language integration. 
The first, to get the language hooked up to the API is probably not 
a huge effort. The second, to make existing projects work in the 
new language, is a different matter.

Anyhow, that's one place where we could push. Another is the Khan 
Academy. What's your opinion of them?

The TED videos about Khan Academy are inspiring.

James, Algodoo is very graphical simulation tool, but is very scriptable 
(the current language used is called thyme).

And they seem to have some marketing savvy

Well, they chose to, for now use JavaScript to teach programming

They're backed by the Gates foundation

I would think with something like a Topaz, i.e. Rebol in a browser, 
they could have something much greater.

Better to get the attention of the Gates foundation ;)

John Resig, the jQuery guy, now works for them. They've hired some 
top people.

As interesting as it sounds, I'd never heard of Algodoo.  REBOL needs 
some support by groups with reach.

I'd urge you to just download it and try it. If you love Rebol, I 
guarantee you'll love Algodoo.

I imagine I probably would enjoy it, but me liking it isn't related 
to how much a relationship with them would help improve REBOL's reach.

My connection dropped...

I agree, promotion/evangelism of Rebol is what we want to pursue.

But having polished examples of apps in important fields, like education, 
is key.

Algodoo, is pretty slick. Both in what it does and in looks.

Anyhow, it's one possibility that I'll try to move along.

I think it's worth exploring.

And probably fun :)

The other reason I brough it up now is that community sharing is 
a pretty big part of Algodoo and so a chat/collaboration feature 
would be great to have.

So another reason they might want to consider Rebol vs others.

I'm reading and downloading right now :)

Get/install the version I linked in Languages - 2.1 beta8

http://www.algodoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=9381&sid=f4679db2c66c8d1a6a2241fb0ec44af7

The key is the app, not the language.  Regular old REBOL is all that 
needs to be underneath.  Apps can have dialects that control them 
AKA AREXX.  AppleScript is really a dialect for the Apple OS.

My daughter married John Resig's brother.  Long conversations.  John 
is a good guy, a human-centered technology sort of guy.  Saw the 
DOM and went yuk.  I've got to do something about this.

Enter JQuery.

Never heard of REBOL until I mentioned it.

Rochester Institute of Technology grad.

He's a young guy - I think it was a bit before their time, unfortunately. 
Hopefully they'll now take a good look.

29 almost 30.

Is R3 chat in github? It does not handle failing open a browser window 
very gracefully.

failing to open

I don't think it's there.

I wodner a bit, why Carl, releasing R3, did not publish also an R3 
chat? Is that so advanced, that he felt like keeping it private?

As for me, I can see it as a chat. I am not sure it scales well to 
replace Altme like product, but maybe I am wrong. I liked IOS model 
with pluggable handlers, and I would also probably made the back-end 
SQLite based ...

I'm guessing Carl designed the back end taking into account what 
he learned with AltME, so I would guess it's better designed.

Only the server part is private at least.