[REBOL] Re: Konfabulator
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 12-Feb-2003 20:41
Graham Chiu wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:14:43 +0100
> Petr Krenzelok <[petr--krenzelok--trz--cz]> wrote:
>
>>
>> from the phoenix list, I found link to Konfabulator - it is supposed
>> to be kind of app, we all would like Rebol to be imo ...
>>
>> http://wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,57620,00.html
>> http://kmirror.deskmod.com/
>
> Perhaps it's time to ask the developers/users whether they would like
> to see platform specific enhancements for Rebol ...
I think that the question was partially answered already. We have
several levels which break write once run everywhere rule alredy -
various Pro and Command features, ability to work with registry (even
set as default ;-) ...
My opinion is, that rebol is not only a language - it is a platform, it
is a principle you use to create software apps. Saying that, we could
consider platform specific issues as being just plug-ins ... so, not
being able to do something on certain platform means - you don't have
the plug-in, or your platform is not able to handle the situations, but:
we CAN'T live with the lowest denominator principle forever. What
happens when we want to move to mobile devices, which are underpowered?
Will we limit desktop OS versions too, just because some cell phone
rebol is not able to do some special gfx effects fast enough? You know
my opinion for far too long already - one rebol kernel - the lowest
denominator - and the rest of functionality - plug-ins, even for native
functionality ...
-pekr-
