You read my mind!
SNR is definitely swinging into the negative numbers.
All things being equal I would like to take this opportunity to express my
humble gratitude to those that have answered my questions (as well as those
of others) so expeditiously and with such charity.
On the flip side...
Although some of you are perhaps very clever and capable individuals I think
you are pissing in the wind. Such pursuits have their own cathartic merits,
but might I mention the rest of us are getting little wet about now. And no
doubt we all have heard the familiar chant that "If wishes were horses
beggars would ride". And perhaps if Jules Verne were an engineer rather than
a visionary writer he would have hung himself out of frustration, attempting
to cobble his dreams in the wrong century.
Any fool can turn a house into a pile of stones but its far rarer to find a
man who can turn a pile of stones into a house. If Carl and company can
build a house then the least we can do is mix the mortar without too much
water and sand.
Need I say more?
I remain respectfully yours,
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----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:37 PM
Subject: [REBOL] ENOUGH already
> Puh-lease! I subscribed to this list to learn REBOL
> from those of you who are so well-versed in it and
> have explored very advanced topics with it. But more
> and more, I have to wade through 20+ postings
> regarding opinions on marketing, open-source,
> comparison of platforms (each with lots of 'proof' to
> back it up), etc, to find one posting with some
> programming information. Notwithstanding that there
> are good points being made, there is also way too much
> unresolvable opposing philosophies; sort of like
> talking religion or politics - and you know where that
> gets you. I'm not saying limit it strictly to coding
> questions and examples, because I think discussions on
> collaborative efforts to build a few killer apps is
> fruitful, but maybe there should be another list for
> all the discussions about what RT 'should' do. I am
> simply happy to have such a language which is so new
> and different and powerful. I mean no offense, but
> how many of us who are so smart about what RT needs to
> do to be successful could have done what they've done?
> It's human nature to look at what exists and see
> 'what's missing' or how things should be, but that
> angle becomes fruitless when it degenerates into long
> historical justifications.
>
> I realize this has been somewhat of a rant, and let me
> reiterate that I learned a lot from the list in its
> earlier days, but it has become not very useful in the
> past few weeks. Can we get back to being more
> on-topic?
>
> Respectfully (and I mean that),
> Grant
>
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