>From my point of view, from the dull world of "data processing," I need something that REBOL says is coming, a way to make files with records, like COBOL ISAM files, without having to purchase Oracle or use some other DBMS. I also would like an exhaustive VIEW reference manual.
Steven White City of Bloomington 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd Bloomington MN 55431-3096 USA 952-563-4882 (voice) 952-563-4672 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/21/2006 3:40 PM >>> Following the considerations of David, I wish to propose to create a groups to realize some real applications, programs that even "normal" people will see as useful. What do you think about it? --Alessandro On 5/20/06, Alessandro Manotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I red the poll you suggested me (XMLTV). > No answer? Boh.... > > We need to find out the problem why Rebol is not famous, and Python > yes, Ruby yes, etc... > > Is it only a marketing problem? > > > > > --Alessandro > > > > > > On 5/20/06, Alessandro Manotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with you David. > > > > Many programming languages have this problem. They seems like > > "experimental" languages, but almost nothing exists for real-world. > > > > The question is: why this thing happen? > > > > Maybe because big magazine don't talk about it, since Rebol and Carl > > are not as big as IBM, Sun, etc... > > Maybe because Rebol is really different from traditional programming > > languages (imperative languages, that many people use). > > > > Or... ??? > > > > When I asked to the company where I work "Let's use Rebol, since we > > will get many benefits! Not only Rebol, but for specific tasks" they > > said "No, thank you, we already use ColdFusion and Delphi"... ??? They > > didn't asked me "what is Rebol?" - "What can we do with it?" - They > > said: "Rebol is a small company, too small, and not reliable" - > > > > (I don't report all the discussion !) > > > > So, I think in such poll, I could add "Create more applications for > > the real-world (GUI)". > > > > Or... "Create examples and templates for the real-world (GUI)". > > > > What do you think about it? > > > > --Alessandro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/20/06, Anton Rolls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Well, naturally, more is better, isn't it ? > > > > > > Anton. > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > I created a small poll just to get a feedback about community-needs= . > > > > You are kindly invited to submit your opinion about the following > > > > question: > > > > > > > > "Do think Rebol community needs more intruments? Tools? Docs?" > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > --Alessandro > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > > > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > > > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
