From: Brad Mr <oshybrid@...>
Date: 2009-08-23T08:44:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Why, oh why, _why?

Eleanor McHugh wrote:


> I know _why? had a background in the Amiga scene so it's no surprise
> that he mentioned Rebol. There are also certain conceptual
> similarities between Shoes and Rebol/View which hint at a similar
> outlook on the nature of networked applications, although the
> underlying languages have different priorities.
> 
> Unfortunately it's very hard for a language to gain traction unless a
> particularly successful project is based on it and Rebol currently
> lacks that. The closed source commercial model behind development also
> makes it that bit less attractive in a world overflowing with powerful
> open source languages.
> 
> 
> Ellie
> 
> Eleanor McHugh
> Games With Brains
> http://slides.games-with-brains.net
> ----
> raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason

Except in REBOL 3 all parts but the most core components are going to be
opened sourced.  I wish I knew more about C I would gladly contribute.
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