[REBOL] Re: XP with rebol?
From: m:koopmans2:chello:nl at: 12-Mar-2002 8:05
Hi Joel,
> Hi, Maarten, and all,
>
> Maarten Koopmans wrote:
> >
> > I have used Rebol in a very large project (in Rebol terms):
> > up to 16.000 lines of code.
> >
> > Using VI, CVS and two other programmers this was enough to
> > outcompete any other backoffice app.
> >
> > Then comes the standardization mob.... but in time it will
> > survive. And REBOL is *suitable* for programming in the
> > large, just divide and conquer. That's the why of Rugby...
> >
>
> My comments weren't intended to be negative about REBOL, just
> my impression that while it is a good notation for trying
> out and expressing some interesting programming ideas, the
> present state of the language/implementation doesn't inherently
> do anything special to solve the kinds of issues that arise
> during multiple-programmers-over-long-time-frames projects.
>
Yeah. It seems easy to scale up a problem, and hard to scale up a solution
;-)
People and discipline are the only saviours.
> I'm certainly not suggesting that REBOL renders such projects
> infeasible (nor, for that matter, does assembler ;-) It's
> just that success at such projects may tell more about the
> skills, coordination, and dedication of the team members than
> about the language(s) they used.
>
I agree. In a way REBOL makes it sometimes worse, because ultimate power in
the wrong hands.... In the right hands it is a tool to be taken seriously
though.
> Given the high regard that this community (including myself)
> has for Maarten and the portions of his work that we've seen,
> it's not terribly surprising that he and his collegues could
> do some impressive work!
>
Thanks. But it is always easier than it looks. It has to do with banging
your head against that wall, again, and again, and....
--Maarten
