Carl I am very far removed from this blogger in terms of knowledge, but t= he documentation problem is a very real one and I like your response.
He is right about the introductory manuals. I am not up to this guy's lev= el, but somewhere between that and complete novice, but the bit by bit "l= earn the language" style can prove very frustrating. There is some concep= tual gaps that need filling especially with R3 not far off. Rebol works, but how it works is something of a mystery and because of th= is anticipating what should or should not work becomes very confusing. In= fact, I am leaving aside doing anything with the language until R3 emerg= es, my small forays have proved to me that REBOL is very very powerful an= d in a way that is completely new to me, but that what little hold I have= on the language is easily disrupted. I am hoping the new vid system will help, as being able to produce GUI re= sponsive scripts easily is actually the best way to learn this language (= ie the ability to see what happens when a script is activated - it's a le= arn as you go approach the trick is you must see what happens trying to m= ake non-trivial tools). However, REBOL needs not just more documentation but a wide divergence of= material. Greg Schofield, Perth Australia --- Message Received --- From: Carl Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:43:04 +1200 Subject: [REBOL] Understanding REBOL... Anyone with a deep knowledge of REBOL's inner-workings want to help this = guy understand them... http://arcanesentiment.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-i-havent-looked-at-rebol-= much.html ? -- Carl Read. --=20 To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to=20 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.
