[REBOL] Re: couple of links
From: Izkata::Comcast::net at: 22-Sep-2004 16:55
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Subject: [REBOL] couple of links
> Couple of links, one from an interview with Carl about the origins of
REBOL
>
http://web.archive.org/web/19991128220744/www.rediff.com/computer/1999/sep/29carl.htm
> What finally made you decide on beginning the REBOL project?
>
> The exact week was in September 1996 while installing a Linux server! It
had
> far too many configuration languages for set-up. For instance: inetd,
email,
> DNS, httpd, cron jobs and shell scripts.
>
> I began to think how great it would be to have ONE LANGUAGE that could
> handle all of those things in a consistent manner but have the power to
> express descriptive information like configuration data.
0_0
Wow I still have the hardcopy I printed form when that was first
published....
....Back when I discovered Rebol at age 11 (x_x)