[REBOL] Re: Giving up Rebol?
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 10-Dec-2002 13:52
Hi, Patrick,
One more chance? ... 8~(
pat665 wrote:
> I am getting a bit tired with Rebol for a lot a reasons that this
> List has often exposed: poor documentation, poor feedback, many
> gotchas and unexpected GPF.
>
While REBOL is certainly a "work in progress", I think the key word
is "progress". I have my own opinions about what issues I'd like to
see addressed next (as does every other person on this list, I would
suspect! ;-) but I have seen lots of progress on all fronts during
the time I've been using REBOL, and it still serves as a *very nice*
thing to think with
for many programming situations, IMHO.
> So I am seriously thinking of giving it up.
>
I guess I see things a bit oddly, but I've always lived in a multi-
language, multi-platform world. I've often picked up a new tool to
meet a specific need (or class of needs) better than what I already
had in hand, but that didn't mean that I had to abandon all others
for those needs that they still met well.
I'd encourage anyone to keep REBOL in his/her toolkit, even if it
weren't the first language for every task!
> What kind of alternative is available out there? I mean which
> programming language or development system will provide most of
> the qualities I was looking for in Rebol?
>
What are the qualities you're looking for? I'd be happy to try to
suggest some languages to consider in addition to REBOL if I knew
more about your needs.
-jn-
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