[REBOL] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: RFC: Rebol Framework
From: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 24-Sep-2002 15:58
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> On Behalf Of Brice Muangkhot
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:12 AM
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> Subject: [REBOL] Fwd: Re: Re: RFC: Rebol Framework
> I am new in Rebol but as far as I understand the Rebol
> Framework idea from Robert seems terrific to me regarding
> Associative Model of Data concept.
Hi, that's correct.
> If I understand well, the
> concept is invented by Simon Williams from Lazy Software
> http://www.lazysoftware.com.
Correct, too. IIRC it was Petr who mentioned this some time ago. I read
the whitepaper but not more. My idea will use some more ideas and
combine them into one framework. What else do I want to use:
1. Name / Value pair idea for record-layout. Much the idea of LDAP not
columns in a database. Using templates for business-objects that can be
exteneded etc.
2. Using the nakedobject idea for functions that can be applied to the
data-objects, relations.
I haven't solved all problems yet but up to now it seems to work fine.
> These products provide mainly two functions:
> Data persistence and a development tool exploiting the concept.
Right. I have done the data-persistence with Rebol too (at the moment)
but I'm currently checking to implement a DLL that handles the
assocciative datamodel. With this is would be possible to handle
thousands of nodes and links.
> I don't yet understand very well what Robert is trying to
> do, but if he is trying to implement the AMD concept with
> Rebol,so this is the killer Framework ;-)). Congratulation
> for your effort Robert!
Thanks, and yes that's exactly what I want to do.
> Robert, I know that you work hard to implement this, I don't
> want to disturb you to explain me more. I join our fellows
> Scott, Petr and Gerard to back you. I am new in Rebol, may be
> I can help to test your framework.. ( So far, I got the same
> experience with your framework than Scott and Petr)..
No problem, I just followed the open-source rule: release early, release
often. So I hope that the basic "how-to's" are ramping up and that most
of you make it to have a first look at it. Further version will become
more stable, convinient etc. Robert