Dave, it's great that we have you around to help us keep our enthusiasm in check.
Oh dear, did I say something you didn't want to hear?
OK, so Dave should now expect some pretty daft sniping in the rest of your followup rather than reasoned counter argument.
Somehow certain individuals got kind of excited about the idea that REBOL -- which has wrangled a reputation as a fairly imaginative scripting language,
Never argued with that.
and which has certain roots that we tend to appreciate --
See nothing here to back up Waynes statement and certainly nothing I argued with.
might find a home on a little platform trying to get bootstrapped.
No argument there, I stated clearly what my issue was and my reasons why - what do you think you are trying to achieve with this tangent?
The problem you are going to get, out there in the REAL world, is when running around saying "we run REBOL we run REBOL" the real world will turn around and say "so?".
Why is that? Because the people using it, are most definately in the minority.
Fortunately you've weighed in with your armchair analysis and,
..... if anyone takes it seriously ....
.... this will properly curb any undue palpitations.
Gary, why do you bother to weigh in if you cannot bear the thought that someone might actually have a point. I don't see you arguing here with any counter arguments, merely attacking me as an "armchair analyst" who people should not really take seriously.
And you are sitting on....? No Gary, I think if you are going
to lower yourself to this level I think you should show exactly where REBOL has gained such a central role in scripting and system automation that makes what Wayne sayes not a serious exaggeration.
I ask you, out there in the real world, where it counts, how many people are using REBOL versus say, PHP, Python, Perl and BASH?
Certainly, the idea of a REBOL SDK not being available for the Pegasos platform (despite the apparent harmony
Yes of course, because this is so pertinent to what I said above.
between REBOL's strengths and Genesi's business targets)
Ahem, which are? What are Genesi's business targets and REBOLs matching strengths? You brought the subject up and I have yet to see the former articulated clearly.
would be much preferable, and clearly the fact that REBOL hasn't fully lived up to its potential means it's a dead end and should be dumped.
Is that your view? A pretty strange one, certainly not mine which you would know if you had read my response without prejudice.
Thank you. Another effort to grow synergistically rightfully squashed.
Don't let Bill Hoggett see you use language like that. ;-)
Despite its technical credentials REBOL will not bring a flood of new users to the "Pegasos" or attract any, this is the truth of the matter.
