[REBOL] Re: These people need to find REBOL!
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 17-Apr-2001 23:56
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From: "Rod Gaither" <[rgaither--triad--rr--com]>
To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 11:31 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: These people need to find REBOL!
> >> Seems they are now going open source and
> >> have taken their XML technology and are
> >> heading towards "Words".
> >>
> >> http://www.dloo.org/technology/index.html
> >>
> >> Talk about going at it the long way around! :-)
> >>
> >> Enjoy, Rod.
> >
> >This article is kind of like placing a shill in the audience. Once
again, I
> >see that REBOL is ahead of the game! Thanks for sharing the link.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> I think it does a good job of illustrating what Carl has said
> about the complexity of the problem and how the XML vision
> doesn't quite make it all the way there.
But I am not sure XML was the point - see the side-note describing MS .NET.
I think that author wanted to express, that ability to creaty myriad of
sub-languages can lead to mess, being it XML based (.NET), or dialect based
(Rebol).
Of course, dialecting is pretty much a free form ...
-pekr-