Me too please.
And *please*...Rebol/Command is important too. I'm really waiting for
Rebol/Command, but Rebol/View would be cool.
Gavin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: January 2, 2000 8:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [REBOL] What's next for REBOL...
>
>
> What's next for REBOL...
> "More than just a tool."
>
> Since its first release, I estimate that more than 250,000
> people have tried REBOL. More than 110,000 have downloaded it
> from REBOL.com, and it's also available on many other, larger
> web sites and on various CD-ROMs. In addition, I've received
> tens of thousands of emails from enthusiastic new users. And,
> perhaps even more gratifying, most people I meet these days have
> at least heard of REBOL.
>
> All of this is a good start. REBOL/Core is a great tool. And,
> if that's all you want, then there you have it: REBOL. However,
> I've always intended REBOL to be more than just a "tool". REBOL
> is a revolution. A revolution not just of "scripting", but of
> thought, style, content, and computing.
>
> So far, you've participated in the first stage of the
> revolution. That stage was centered around the core language and
> its environment. If you're like me, you've enjoyed writing
> dates, times, email, urls, money, tuples, and other datatypes in
> a manner that is familiar to us as humans. Perhaps you've also
> found the built-in network protocols useful and experienced some
> of the power that comes from polymorphic function-based
> programming with refinements.
>
> Now is the time for the second stage: REBOL/View. This stage is
> all about making REBOL useful and exciting for everyone else. In
> other words, more than just programmers and scripters should
> benefit from REBOL. For every scripter there are at least 100
> other people who would enjoy creating or viewing visual content
> with REBOL.
>
> REBOL/View unites a clean method of graphical layering,
> compositing, and processing with the expressive leverage of
> dialecting. With it you create content and applications with as
> few lines as you accomplish other REBOL tasks such as networking.
> The GUI dialect allows your code to be descriptive and easy to
> read. In fact, it's much easier and more readable than HTML.
>
> When you combine this GUI with REBOL networking, you get a
> result that I enjoy calling the "World Wide Reb". Imagine a
> network where fully interactive graphical applications download
> into your system in just seconds. These REBOL "smart-client"
> applications run on your local system, but access the network
> whenever necessary to fetch other parts of the application or
> communicate back to various servers or other clients. So, when
> you click on a button, something happens... not just in a few
> minutes or seconds, but immediately.
>
> That seems more like the kind of technology that's worthy of a
> revolution. Don't get me wrong... The web is great for static,
> linear, document types of content. That's a necessity that will
> be around for a long time. But, I dream about the year 2005 and
> believe that our network experience will be much different by
> then. I'm convinced that once you have had the chance to try
> REBOL/View, you'll agree with me.
>
> "When" you ask? I've got the first draft design complete, and
> Jim has written the C-based graphical layering system. Over the
> last week I've added the parse block capability necessary to
> make dialects easier to write, and the first GUI dialect is now
> up and drawing screens. (Nice looking screens they are too.) My
> plan is to release a beta by mid-January to those of you who
> want to test drive it. I will provide a number of interesting
> example scripts that I guarantee will be immediately useful to
> you.
>
> There is a bonus for those of you who like technical challenges.
> REBOL/View will include its GUI dialect source code. That gives
> you the power to enhance the GUI as well as create your own custom
> GUI dialect, say for interactive TV, kiosks, games, or whatever.
>
> Yes, the year 2000 has finally arrived. It seems like a fitting
> time for a revolution, don't you think?
>
> Have a happy and REBOLlious 2000,
>
> Carl Sassenrath
> REBOL Creator & Founder
> Chairman & CEO
>
> PS: I'd like to also thank all of you who have helped support
> the REBOL cause and who have taken the time to share your
> knowledge and insights of REBOL with others on this list.
> Thank you so much.
>
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>
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