[REBOL] [Ping Carl] Re: Need help for justification of using REBOL as devlanguage

[CRS - Psy Sel/SPO, COUSSEMENT Christophe, CPN]

Since we've had some mail server problems here, I'm not sure this one has
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: zaterdag 14 april 2001 01:33
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Re: [REBOL] [Ping Carl] Re: Need help for justification of
> using REBOL  as devlanguage
> 
> Hi Christophe,
> 
> you wrote:
> >         Some people here should try to impose VB as scripting language .
> >          I think this would provide a fairly good measure of REBOL's
> code
> > efficiency...
> 
> Perhaps the following argument could be helpful:
> 
> Microsoft has invented a new language (C#) for its own new ASP+ (renamed
> MS.NET) Internet appserver technology. Doesn't that show that in
> Microsoft's own mind VB doesn't cut it as an Internet language? Yes, MS
> continues to support VB, after all they have a large installed user base
> and can't drop the language altogether. But if VB is an attractive
> solution for Internet apps, why not stay with it? After all, they did
> move from VBScript (which they used for ASP) to VB for ASP+. Even after
> doing that, ASP+ (or MS.net) is implemented in C# and that is the
> language they are promoting for ASP+ applications, not VB. In short,
> unlike those people who propose the use of VB, MS itself feels that
> Internet applications are not served well enough by VB, and therefore
> opted to innovate a new language altogether. However, C# is tied into
> MS.NET (which is still in BETA, i.e. a moving target), whereas REBOL
> (IMHO far more capable than C#) is already a relatively stable and
> widely used product that - in your case - has already demonstrated its
> usefulness.
> 
> Hope this helps (to some degree),
> 
> [
> Elan,
> 
>  Thanks so much !!!
> It's IMHO a very good one. Why use VB if MS itself dropped it ... I didn't
> ask for better !
> I will add it to my Solution Definition doc right away !
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> chr==
> ]  
> Elan
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