On 12/1/09 7:19 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote:
Scott Rossi wrote
Rev has been around for years now --
I think it's quite capable of standing on its own, without the crutch
of a
bygone development tool to prop it up.
But comments by those ignorant of the history imply that revTalk is a
new kid on the block and will come and go like so many others.
Is there no value in making it clear that xTalk as a tool (regardless
of the IDE wrapper, HC, Supercard MC etc.) is as old as the Personal
Computing Revolution itself?
I tell people, simply:
"It's not open source, and it's not a well known as PHP, but it's
xTalk and xTalk has been around since 1983, and if it is good enough
for NASA, I think we don't need to worry about vesting content in the
RunRev platform. The core of the language has been with us for 25
years. Its robust, powerful, fast and facile and in RunRev's hands, it
is only getting better and better every year. It will be around for
another 50, at least as long as your lifetime."
Why throw away the history?
I don't think "throwing away the history" is ever a good thing, but
laying the history on thick can also prove
detrimental.
An impression could be gained that RunRev is a coterie interest just for
long-in-the-tooth types who
used to work with Hypercard.
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