[REBOL] Re: rebol 3 => 64 Bit problems
From: petr:krenzelok:seznam:cz at: 12-Feb-2009 18:08
Brian, I have some explanation for you, because imo it is important to
understand the architecture, and not eventually spread incorrect
information:
If you would properly watch R3 development during last 2 - 3 years, you
would probably know, what the intended model is going to be like? I mean
- it was discussed several times on various places, that most of R3 is
going to be opensourced. The only thing with closed source nature is
going to be rebol.dll (rebol.so) library, which is supposed to be
platform agnostic. But - to get there, we first need DevBase running,
and imo we are now very close to that state. RebDev (which is going to
be renamed to DevBase later) needs some additions like file-sharing
etc., and then C source codes for host (OS) parts are going to be
uploaded. So yes, you will be able to build your own R3 distro, we are
just not there. Of course, you will need Carl to recompile rebol.dll
(.so) for your target platform, but as it is supposed to be platform
agnostic, it should not be of a big problem. Recent R3 linux/OS-X builds
are just attempt to try to port R3, nothing more, no official effort,
just for testing purposes. So - let's wait few more months, and we will
get there. And then - R3 for everyone :-) I surely want my R3 for
Windows Mobile (HTC Touch Diamond is my next phone :-)
Best regards,
-pekr-
