Hi Gregg, > I thought, when I started with REBOL, that I would build an OOP > infrastructure for my projects (as I had done in the past with other > languages), but the more I've worked with it, the more I've moved > away from > that line of thinking. I'm still finding my way with REBOL, from a design > and style perspective, so my view is hardly something to be taken > as gospel.
I find myself in the same situation as you (my view is not to be taken as gospel), however I do find myself in a position where my project would benefit from a "better" implementation of OOP for Rebol... And furthermore, I have decided that if I need such an infrastructure, better share with my fellow rebolers. > I know that Carl has professed that he is "recovering" from OOP and the > design of REBOL shows this, while it's flexibility allows you to do OOP > pretty darn well if you want. I can see building an extensive OOP > system as > a great challenge, and certainly possible, but I'm not sure the solution > will be as elegant as it otherwise could be. Caveat emptor, I > haven't built > any large systems with REBOL, where OOP might really shine. I know about Carl's recovering, we have yet to know if he has fully recovered ;) I can understand his point of view and respect his decision for Rebol. However, I'm a bit of a doubting Thomas, and since I daily work in OOP and I daily see it's results and qualities for a delivered product, I'm a believer. Furthermore, I'm quite happy he has offer us basic OOP functionality in Rebol, if it wasn't for these, I would have probably liked Rebol for small projects/scripts, but not for big ones/applications and I have a big one in mind ;) Why Rebol and not another pure OOP languages ? Because I like Rebol, I'm a believer ! > I look forward to seeing your results if you pursue them. Thanks, I hope I can achieve an infrastructure which will interest others ! Best regards, Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
