[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(5)
From: news:ted:husted at: 21-Sep-2000 23:27
> Java came in later in the game, successfully aquiring the cross
platform category, but too late and under equiped to gain popularity
anywhere else. Such as my father always says, "a day late and a dollar
short."
Java was actually developed and available for many years before it
became popular. My point is that it became popular when Sun used to to
developed a working browser. And bang ... it took off. That's what
REBOL needs, a useful application that people can point to and say "it
works!"
>PERL was created awhile before Java, and I would expect had "first in
mind" to many of us for many categories,
Again, my point here is not being able to hide the source hasn't
stopped people from developing killer Perl applications.The fact that
Perl is ridiculous and ugly didn't stop them either. What started them
is that Larry began by writing useful, working applications, and people
followed his lead. In contrast, Carl began by writing very cool test
programs, and so that's been the REBOL status quo ever since.
A good example is the List Archiver at REBOL.ORG. It uses some very
cool technology, which I barely understand, to archive and index the
messages. Unfortunately, the script is quick and dirty, and difficult
to abstract into a toolkit or port to another site. Which is a pity,
since it could easily be used to archive any type of email, not just
the REBOL list.
-Ted.