[REBOL] Re: Enabling the REBOL community
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 9-May-2001 7:09
Hi, Petr...
Petr Krenzelok wrote:
> Hi! :-)
>
> as I can see interesting discussion started, I would like to suggest few
> points to notice:
>
> 1) It would be good if Carl could state, when aprox. Rebol module system
> (as doc was posted long time ago) is going to be available. The point is
> - if default Rebol module behavior (isolation) would be available, there
> would not be probably any need for "hidden" object behavior Joel has
> described ...
>
I completely agree, but... Several months back, when I tried to
get a similar discussion going, I posted a request for RT to give us
some sort of heads-up about where MODULE was headed so that we could
take that into account in coming up with a community unit library
scheme. I assume the time pressure of all the other development
efforts (for which I'm VERY grateful!!!) took priority over either
code or documentation for MODULE.
Consequently, in the spirit of eXtreme Programming, I'm now
suggesting
that we figure out how to use what we've currently got and figure
out
how to adapt to MODULE when it becomes available.
> 2) IIRC Andrew Martin did nice component/module system. I don't know
> it's URL though ... but it would be good to look into it imo.
>
(I can't resist noting the irony that Andrew's work -- which I'm
sure
could contribute good ideas on the problem we're discussing -- has
now become a victim of that very problem...)
-jn-
