[REBOL] REALLY DISCOVER THE POWER OF REBOL Re:(4)
From: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 21-Sep-2000 18:57
> On 9/22/2000 at 8:51 AM [allen--rebolforces--com] wrote:
>
> > If we had the ability to compile code / or hide source in
> distributions, it would help spur the development of 3rd party add-on
> industry and the off the shelf apps too.
>
> [news--ted--husted--com] wrote:
>
> Maybe. But PHP and Perl don't have this, and apps are legion.
> Meanwhile, Java does have this are apps are relatively sparse.
>
PERL was created awhile before Java, and I would expect had "first in
mind" to many of us for many categories, CGI, script language, *n?x
programming, internet programming, and maybe even cross platform. Java
came in later in the game, successfully aquiring the cross platform
category, but too late and under equiped to gain popularity anywhere
else. Such as my father always says, "a day late and a dollar short."
Now Java has just recently overtook Visual BASIC as the most widely used
programming language in the world. I must attribute its success to many
factors, the primary of course being it "owns" cross platform, but
arguably the secondary factor is the fact its compilable. All that hype
did'nt hurt either.
--Ryan
Ryan Cole
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