Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 26-Oct-99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
R> You actually suggest something very cool here: MODULAR REBOL! How nice if
R> one could just set some software switches (or a config file) and load just
R> the parts of REBOL that are needed for a given application.... while
R> minimizing the overhead. I'd guess the smart people at REBOL.com considered
R> such an idea, but it would be interesting to hear more of their philosophy,
R> or if such might someday be possible.
Well, I would be _very_ surprised if REBOL didn't do something similar
to this given Mr. Sassenrath's background with the Amiga OS (which is
also very modular, especially the way it implements it's library and
device resources).
R> While (hopefully) someone is looking, are there any plans for Rebol/DOS? I
R> know... DOS is old and antiquated and has no multitasking or windowing
R> features, but it IS SMALL, and FREE/CHEAP (DRDOS, FREEDOS, etc), and
R> requires very little computing resources... ideal for many of the
Well, how robust are the existing TCP/IP stacks for the intel-based
DOS? (I hate just calling it 'DOS', because my machine has a DOS, but
no relation to that other one...) If the stacks are there, then the
REBOL/core should be easy to do as it doesn't really do any fancy
windowing magic beyond simple console stuff. REBOL really doesn't do
multitasking by itself, if a TSR stack exists and works, then REBOL
should be useable on a MS/PC/DR/FREE/etc-DOS box.
Pax
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