[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?
From: maximo:meteorstudios at: 16-Dec-2003 12:20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ged Byrne [mailto:[gedb01--yahoo--co--uk]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:59 AM
> To: [rebol-list--rebol--com]
> Subject: [REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> --- Joel Neely <[joel--neely--fedex--com]> wrote: >
> > I disclaim all knowledge re PHP, but here's a
> > trivial Perl client
> > to fetch and execute/evaluate source from a remote
> > host.
> >
> > use LWP::Simple;
> > eval get ("http://your-site-here");
> >
> >
> > I guess one has to decide whether a one-line summary
> > for REBOL (or any other language) is to be:
> >
>
> The code as given presents a massive security risk.
> So you have to construct sandboxes and all the rest of
> it. Layers upon layers of complexity.
>
but security isn't always an issue. In this case, rebol outdoes everybody, IMHO.
For security, you can just encrypt the data before sending it, and even that is (rather)
easy to integrate right in a protocol.
I have implemented several distributed applications and its so easy in rebol. I'm not
saying its more powerfull, just easier.
remember that there is ios for distributed commercial apps development.
-MAx
