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?
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[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.
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[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?
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[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.
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[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.