[REBOL] Re: How-To promote REBOL?
From: carl:cybercraft at: 27-Dec-2001 17:58
On 27-Dec-01, Lok Yek Soon wrote:
> As a follow, I am thinking of adding the TOP 10 reasons why people
> choose REBOL over other languages (be it scripting or system
> languages).
> For a start, I have these in mind and would like to hear from the
> community their opinions.
> 1. Rapid development
> 2. Graphical user interface
> 3. Cross-platform applications
> 4. Standard network protocol support
> 5. The REBOL community
> Others reason which I am not too sure if REBOL fits the bill
> - Extensible applications
> - Flexible integration
> Is it easy for REBOL to call Java, C, VB etc... or vice-versa
> - Enterprise Ready
> What is required for REBOL to be considered Enterprise Ready?
> - Easy to learn
> Seems subjective, but so far I find it easy enough to learn from the
> codes of other people
> and learn through trial-n-error and more importantly getting help
> from the community.
> I would appreciate any feedback on the TOP 10 reasons.
Dialecting should be in there, and perhaps that it's a functional
language. And that it has loads of datatypes?
--
Carl Read
