[REBOL] Re: Another day, another project
From: maarten:vrijheid at: 7-Nov-2003 19:44
> Heh - then I am really dumb :-) Sometimes I wonder quite opposite -
what
> is other stuff usefull for, while browser plug-ins are imo kind of a
> killer app ... I have to miss something then ...
>
> -pekr-
You'r not dumb, but persistent ;-) The thing is that I can use REBOL in
two projects because it is cross-platform, small, has a GUI and is
network capable. And it generates executables. TCL/TK would have been
the only other option, but I don't know any TCL/TK developers in the
same league as Gabriele/Gregg.
If this had to be web-based, I would have either chosen a different
technology or a plug-in would have been built.
Look at it differently: there are two projects that will fullfill a need
for people who want to work at home (securely) or ISPs that want to
provide a user-friendly analysis tool. Both REBOL based showing some
stuff that is not done yet and as open source available, so people can
see what is done and *how* it is done.
One step at a time... By solving a concrete problem in a superb way the
REBOL community is helped best. As a project manager I don't care about
the technology, so the fact that REBOL works here is a plus by itself.
Hopefully some people will be blown away by what I (we) can show them.
--Maarten
