> Someone once described FORTH as "not a programming language, but a
> programming language construction kit". I think that there's more than
> a grain of truth in applying that description to REBOL as well. It's
> just a matter of tradeoffs.
>
> Carl has given us a highly flexible, customizable, and extensible
> language. The cost of all those virtues is that if you really WANT to
> make REBOL code behave according to your mental model of language X
> (for all X ;-) you must do some of the plumbing yourself. That usually
> requires fairly sophisticated knowledge of BOTH languages.
Well said Joel!
REBOL as a tool of programing, much like paintbrush and paint are the tools
of painting. Some of us will be modernists, some pre-raphaelite, some
cubists and some will prefer water colours. REBOL (Unlike most art schools)
will let us work in a style that suits us.
Cheers,
Allen K
