[REBOL] Re: zip file support wanted - help needed
From: chris:starforge at: 16-Mar-2001 17:42
#16-Mar-01# Message from *Gisle Dankel*:
Hi Gisle,
> People might use grep for instance instead of parse, because they know how
> to use grep and haven't bothered to look at the docs for parse.
In that case they are being lazy and they deserve the complaints they will
inevitably get. Yes, that is only one example. Yes, a system function would
be abusable. But do you actually have *any* idea how important a system
function is to real cgi programmers? There are things that you simply
CAN NOT DO with REBOL because it doesn't have the facility to invoke other
programs. Which is worse: to allow lazy programmers to write bad code
(something which happens anyway) while making REBOL a viable language for
real cgi work, or to put off anyone who can be bothered to read a python,
perl or C book because they have to go through an assault course just
to run another program in REBOL? Think about that HARD, especially try
to look at it from the viewpoint of a company which needs to gain
widespread acceptance.
Put this another way: are you forced to use scripts written by lazy
programmers? If not, why get yourself in a knot that they are making work
for themselves? Many of us who are pushing REBOL beyond its limits
need some way to get it to talk to the real world outside a web browser
or TCP protocol - a system function is the only way this can be done.
Chris
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