From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2008-01-02T22:07:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed Shaw - Ruby has dodged a bullet

On Jan 1, 2008 11:59 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
>
> 1. Rebol is slow. It was pretty much the slowest thing in the Alioth
> shootout the last time I ran the analysis.

This from a rubyist? :)

> 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.

Fair point. Since I don't know any forth dialect, I figured I'd invest
in one that's being done from scratch (both for the excitement and for
the fact that it won't have accumulated historical cruft).

martin