[REBOL] Re: DLL Hell = Rebol library script version
From: nitsch-lists:netcologne at: 12-Nov-2003 1:30
Am Dienstag, 11. November 2003 20:15 schrieb Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch:
> > one function in script ...
>
> I think the main differentiation which is often missed, is that there is a
> line between script and application.
>
> Usually scripts handle one given and succinct task. These benefit from
> linking.
>
> Applications usually include user-driven, long-standing executables which
> usually will be several hundred kb in size. Not because they aren't well
> programmed, but because of the sheer amount of things they do...
>
> These don't... this is the target for which steel's library engine is
> meant.
>
to me scripting means programming fast. And then the requirements to a library
are similar to those to an app. only that i press the buttons with code.
so long-standing, predictable etc are features i like. while auto-updating,
trying to be backward-compatible (instead of using the old script) are a bit
cutting edge IMHO.
> -MAx
-Volker
