Thanks Scott,
that is an interesting doc, I will have to read it more thoroughly sometime.
Some good references. I like the one "Programmers can write roughly the same
number of lines of code per year regardless of language" --B. Boehm, Software
Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-138-22122-7, 1981.
--Ryan
GS Jones wrote:
> From: "Ryan Cole"
> > Hi, I wrote down several points I thought were important. My points
> generally
> > have to do with cost savings--a well proven sales tactic. This doc is not
> well
> > researched, or worded, but maybe we can build off it, or rewrite it, to
> produce
> > something a bit more professional for those who need it in the future. I
> Like
> > the idea of a comparison table, maybe this could be shrunk and altered
> into that
> > format?
> >
> > --Ryan
> <major snip>
>
> Nice job, Ryan.
>
> I would add a few additional points somewhere (if not already mentioned),
> including:
> - scripting languages avoid the sometimes lengthy compile, link then debug
> cycle, allowing changes to be made more easily (as opposed to Java)
> - JavaScript is closely tied to browser or server, whereas, Rebol could be
> refactored and extended beyond browser technology to its own dedicated and
> *secure* channel if/when needed.
> - ability to great a dialect that is particular to the problem domain,
> allowing even faster prototyping and development in the future.
>
> John Ousterhout (original creator of Tcl/Tk) wrote a great article (for IEEE
> Computer, 1998) on the use of scripting for the 21st century. There are
> many great arguments embedded in that document (it's been a couple of years
> since I have read it so I won't try to paraphrase it).
>
> http://dev.scriptics.com/people/john.ousterhout/scripting.html
>
> Good luck, Christophe.
> --Scott Jones
>
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