Richard
> IIRC, the Java example of how to make an alias is from the Apple web site.
That raises an interesting question. Is is because Apple's engineers write poor
Java that Steve Jobs said “Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java
anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain.” or is it because Steve Jobs
said it that Apple's engineers write poor Java?
Whatever the answer, Andre raised a very relevant point, with which I fully
agree, that Rev is not well served by using a comparison against what others
feel is very poor code.
To truly demonstrate Rev's ability against other code, get the code written by
a recognised expert in that language (somebody like Bruce Eckel for Java and
C++). Yes, it would cost money but I believe it would be money well spent.
If RunRev doesn't have or want to spend the money then issue a challenge to
improve the code on a forum like Stackoverflow.
To exemplify both points, I was going to write a counter example of sending a
simple email - sending a simple text message. I'm new to Rev so I couldn't do
it off the top of my head. So, I leave it to the experts on the list to come up
with the Rev to counter my Rebol example:
REBOL[] ;; Script header
;; Initialise network settings
set-net [
[email protected]
smtp.MyDomain.com
pop.MyDomain.com
ProxyDomain.com ;; or None
ProxyPort ;; or None
ProxyProtocol ;; or None
"MyUserAccount"
"MyPassword"
]
send [email protected] "Hello There"
send/header [email protected]
"Doesn't this demonstrate a biased example?"
"Rebol needs far fewer lines than Rev"
;; end of scrpt
Regards
Peter
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