[REBOL] Re: Interview with Olivier ....
From: antonr:iinet:au at: 11-Apr-2003 3:50
> Hi,
>
> there is interview with Olivier Auverlot ... french guys stay pretty
> silent about their happenings, don't they? :-)
>
> http://www.rebolfrance.org/articles/auverlot/interview-olivier.html
>
> sadly the interview is in french only ....
>
> cheers,
> -pekr-
I will attempt to translate the first paragraph:
Interview of Olivier Auverlot by the rebolers
Author of the book "Programmation Rebol" and RebolFrance webmaster,
Olivier responds to all No's questions (No' = Bruno Bord).
1) When did you first hear of rebol ?
If I remember correctly, it was in 1997. I stumbled on a news item in
the magazine Login which described Carl Sassenrath's project to
conceive a new programming language concurrent with Java. I was at that
time occupied with understanding how the marketing of Sun had succeeded
in convincing me that Java was a revolution. Deceived by this language,
I downloaded version 1.0 of rebol and I installed it on my 486DX4/100
in Linux. It was slow and totally different from all that I knew but it
was already evident that the potential was incredible. I then wrote my
first script and tested it on the Windows evaluation version. As in a
miracle, everything functioned the first time to perfection and without
modification. Fallen under the charm, I stacked my old Java books in a
case and I believe they are still there...
Maybe paragraph two tomorrow?
Anton.
