Okay, I don't want to enter into any kind of RWAR with
people over this issue--
Let me just say that:
Implementing cross platform peripheral control is a
rather imposing task to consider. Peripherals can be
memory mapped, or controlled by interrupts. Typically
a driver is necessary to broker the interaction. Some
systems map peripherals to special file nodes. It's
all very disparate-- very hard to abstract into a
single solution. We're talking 35+ platforms here.
Total portability is more important to REBOL than
supporting the great jungle of peripherals out there.
However:
Though there won't be support in REBOL/core to talk to
peripherals, this doesn't mean that other REBOL
products won't have this capability, or allow you to
essentially ADD this feature to them in a simple
REBOLian way. Can't say much more-- but hopefully this
info will console those of you who are wishing for that
capability. :-)
-jeff
