[REBOL] Re: Rebol (fwd)
From: brett:codeconscious at: 19-Oct-2000 23:37
Hi Fantam,
Thanks for your description. I use Rebol for generating and uploading my web
sites. For this purpose it works admirably. Also, Rebol is a tool that has
let me explore various problems that I've felt have been impractical with
other languages (I'm not talking DCL now :) ). As a result, I've learned a
lot.
This is the first language I've used since DCL (shh..) that has encouraged
me to build a personal script library. The reason is that I can see a payoff
for my time. Inspired by Rebol's goal of being a messaging language, when I
write a script for my library that reads a particular format I aim to write
a complimentry export function for that same format. Moreover, I try to have
the newly read data in a neutral information rich format (if there is such a
thing). In this way, my hope is that these scripts increase in value over
time rather than decrease which seems to be the lot of most software.
Regarding your scripts. Like you I have a need to upload files, but I also
have a need to download files regularly. I would appreciate it if you could
describe how your script checks for a connection and how it has been
installed as a service under windows NT. I've other uses in mind for such a
capability.
Thanks
Brett.
