I also agree with your whole post, Max. Anton.
> > > First there was the rebol - x-internet app, nearly alone .... then > > > others stepped in into the game - Flash MX ... now they are > > moving ahead > > > to mobile devices : > > > > > -If RT makes shell command access free (officialy, not just the > browser hack) > -If RT gives us the binary native!-capable module linker > > Then much discussion about rebol's missing capabilities is moot > as then rebol can become a GPL just like python (actually much > better) with all of rebols superior's methodology. > > want rebol to be the glue in your IT infrastructure, then shell > acess does that. > > You want OpenGL speeds (if only in 2d) ... then a binary module > would let us. No need to wish for RT to do it. yeah you can use > a dll but that's not optimal and expects you to convert external > datastructures in rebolesque equivalents which really aren't > equivalent... and data conversion of large blocks of data is > REALLY slow... just ask cyphre how fast importing/exporting images is... > > These two features alone make REBOL several times more usefull as > a technology and industry-wide acceptable. > > IMHO they would let REBOL, as a platform, soar on its own with > less pressure on RT to do everything. > > Direction of rebol comes by every few weeks and we've all stated > our opinions, but I think that rebol's core weekness as a coding > platform is its closed-in nature. The moment you want to do > something that demands high-speed, guaranteed rates or actual > complete and unbridled integration to external processes, then > rebol USUALLY comes short. > > yess that is not rebol's primary vision (is it meant as a > messaging language), but when every else does the above and you > can't then it becomes a cause for concern for any > pipeline/infrastructure IT manager. > > I also wonder why RT never packaged rebol AS a .dll or .so you > can use IT INSIDE binary apps... so that you use rebol's > integrated messaging capabilities within an application. > > this could yet broaden rebol's approach as a macro/scripting > language (like a much better VB or arexx script engine). > > > my 2 cents > > LET the flames roar ;-) > > > -MAx -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
