[REBOL] Re: rebol 3 => 64 Bit problems
From: brian:wisti:g:mail at: 12-Feb-2009 10:07
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Petr Krenzelok <petr.krenzelok-seznam.cz>wrote:
> Brian, I have some explanation for you, because imo it is important to
> understand the architecture, and not eventually spread incorrect
> information:
>
> If you would properly watch R3 development during last 2 - 3 years, you
> would probably know, what the intended model is going to be like? I mean
> - it was discussed several times on various places, that most of R3 is
> going to be opensourced. The only thing with closed source nature is
> going to be rebol.dll (rebol.so) library, which is supposed to be
> platform agnostic. But - to get there, we first need DevBase running,
> and imo we are now very close to that state. RebDev (which is going to
> be renamed to DevBase later) needs some additions like file-sharing
> etc., and then C source codes for host (OS) parts are going to be
> uploaded. So yes, you will be able to build your own R3 distro, we are
> just not there. Of course, you will need Carl to recompile rebol.dll
> (.so) for your target platform, but as it is supposed to be platform
> agnostic, it should not be of a big problem. Recent R3 linux/OS-X builds
> are just attempt to try to port R3, nothing more, no official effort,
> just for testing purposes. So - let's wait few more months, and we will
> get there. And then - R3 for everyone :-) I surely want my R3 for
> Windows Mobile (HTC Touch Diamond is my next phone :-)
>
> Best regards,
> -pekr-
Thanks for the summary, pekr. I knew this issue had been discussed at great
length in the past, but like I said - I haven't been paying close attention
to R3 development at all. That's why my email had such a mild tone :-) I'm
definitely looking forward to R3 for everyone.
Kind Regards,
Brian Wisti
http://coolnamehere.com/
