----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:58 AM Subject: [REBOL] couple of links
> > Couple of links, one from an interview with Carl about the origins of REBOL > > http://web.archive.org/web/19991128220744/www.rediff.com/computer/1999/sep/29carl.htm > > What finally made you decide on beginning the REBOL project? > > The exact week was in September 1996 while installing a Linux server! It had > far too many configuration languages for set-up. For instance: inetd, email, > DNS, httpd, cron jobs and shell scripts. > > I began to think how great it would be to have ONE LANGUAGE that could > handle all of those things in a consistent manner but have the power to > express descriptive information like configuration data. 0_0 Wow I still have the hardcopy I printed form when that was first published.... ...Back when I discovered Rebol at age 11 (x_x) -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
