Would be nice if RT could give us just enough information to allow us to
create OS specific extensions that would launch external processes.
Paul Tretter
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:12 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: zip file support wanted - help needed
> #14-Mar-01# Message from *Jamey Cribbs*:
> Hi Jamey,
>
> > but I find it humorous that he actually had to jump through
> > that many hoops just to do something that would be very easy if core
> > included shell access.
>
> That is the one major problem I have with /core - I can do more or less
> everything else I need with it but directly invoking external programs..
> IMO the fact that this can not be done is a serious dent in the
> viability of REBOL as a serious scripting language. Perl does it,
> Python can do it (AFAIK), C, C++ and the like can do it. And these
> are the languages REBOL has to go head to head with it it is to become
> a widespread scripting language.
>
> While it is possible to write cgi scripts in other languages to do the job
> and then call that script from REBOL, as I do with the emailer script,
> many people would find that hightly inconvenient.
>
>
> > I've heard the reasons RT gives for not including shell access in
> > core...and they just don't wash with me. But, it's there product.
>
> I've never hear /why/ the feature isn't there.. but I can hazard a guess
as
> to why..
>
> Chris
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