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What is REBOL good for?

 [1/5] from: bcr19374:pegasus:cc:ucf at: 1-Oct-2000 23:12


This is just a general question. I've played around with REBOL a bit and find that it is like LISP in that its pretty easy to fiddle around with it for a few minutes and prototype something. However, I haven't delved deep enough into it to get a good idea as to where its real strengths lie. What would you say REBOL is best suited for? Or for those of you doing work with it, what sorts of programs have you had success writing in REBOL? There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. - George Washington -- Jagged Alliance 2 FAQ: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~bcr19374/ja2faq.html JADG Mailing List: http://www.onelist.com/group/jadg/

 [2/5] from: norsepower:uswest at: 1-Oct-2000 22:12


>Or for those >of you doing work with it, what sorts of programs have you had success >writing in REBOL?
I really like how straightforward REBOL is when it comes to writing CGI programs. And REBOL is fast. Using /Core for CGI, pages update pretty quickly. Check out http://www.beosjournal.com All of the news articles there are updated using a combination of POP3 and CGI. The commenting system updates very quickly. Give it a try.

 [3/5] from: bcr19374:pegasus:cc:ucf at: 2-Oct-2000 1:21


On Sun, 1 Oct 2000 [norsepower--uswest--net] wrote:
> I really like how straightforward REBOL is when it comes to writing CGI > programs. And REBOL is fast. Using /Core for CGI, pages update pretty > quickly. >
I'm not in web development so I'm a little hazy how this works. Does the browser need to supprot REBOL, or is there a program running on the server to interpret it, or something else? There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. - George Washington -- Jagged Alliance 2 FAQ: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~bcr19374/ja2faq.html JADG Mailing List: http://www.onelist.com/group/jadg/

 [4/5] from: al:bri:xtra at: 1-Oct-2000 22:53


> I'm not in web development so I'm a little hazy how this works. Does the
browser need to support REBOL, or is there a program running on the server to interpret it, or something else? There's a program running on the server to interpret it. Usually Rebol/Core or the Apache module. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/ http://members.xoom.com/AndrewMartin/

 [5/5] from: norsepower:uswest at: 2-Oct-2000 0:43


You can install the /Core binary in your cgi-bin and use a shebang pointing to the binary. Of course, your scripts must be made executable.