Tim;

Discussions on this very issue are in progress.  The user.r topic of intere=
st=20
right now is Programming in the Large.  That for me includes libraries;=20
trusted libraries.  I hope to have my head around a secure Web of Trust=20
sequence soon, (the whole OpenPGP thing) and getting it started if it's not=
=20
too much grief.  That will give us rebols a digital signature and a bank of=
=20
keys to verify such.

It is a little bit of a catch-22.  So many features that are visible librar=
ies=20
for most scripters are a one or two-liner built-in for REBOL.  But there ar=
e=20
libraries we do need and those should be built and then propagated in a wel=
l=20
defined and well advertised way.  All planned...now action?  Hmmm,=20
action.  :)

I was trying not to mention REBOL/3 in this, but even R3 will not be the=20
panacea for library management.  That will take the community and=20
some "follow the leader" imho.

Cheers,
Brian

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 17:30, Tim Johnson wrote:
> =A0 Speaking of libraries, what many, many who examine rebol and remark
> =A0 to me is "Why is there no libraries? What is up with that? Is this re=
ally
> a serious programming language?"
> Given rebol.org
> =A0 as a starting point, there should be libraries. Libraries that are
> reviewed vetted and blessed by RT. In my opinion, rebol is crippled witho=
ut
> that, because fellow programmers are telling me that is one thing that
> rebol is missing..
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