From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-01-02T04:59:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

Martin DeMello wrote:
> Dunno about Zed, but I made the same decision recently. My reasoning
> was (i) nascent languages and language communities are fun (ii) the
> stdlib and emphasis on real world coding look really attractive. It
> looks like it might become the open source equivalent of rebol, which
> looked nice but which ran into my reluctance to invest in a
> closed-source language.
> 
> martin
> 
> 

Hmmm ...

1. Rebol is slow. It was pretty much the slowest thing in the Alioth
shootout the last time I ran the analysis.

2.The problem I have with Factor is that it's so close to Forth that I
don't see any advantage in learning it, since I already know (and love)
ANS Forth.