Call for comments: Rev as a Second Language

[Andre Garzia]

I went like:

Basic --> Pascal --> C --> Group Therapy and Counseling --> Visual
Basic --> Delphi --> REBOL --> Lisp/Scheme --> REALBasic -->
Revolution \o/

 :D

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Judy Perry <katheryn.swynford at gmail.com> wrote:
> This could be really nice as a set of bookends, that is, a companion piece
> on new users who have never used anything else and Rev is their first
> language (probably not as many of those people, though).
> I'm loving your idea, though!
>
> Judy
> http://revined.blogspot.com
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com
>> wrote:
>
>> I'm considering putting an article together for revJournal.com about the
>> joys and pitfalls of learning Rev from the perspective of those who already
>> had proficiency in at least one other language before giving Rev a try.
>>
>> The challenge here is that I've been using Rev so long that I'm close to
>> completely useless for this other than as an editor and to provide some
>> structure.  As I envision it, the meat of this article would consist of
>> quotes from you folks, or more specifically those of you who came to Rev not
>> from a HyperCard or other xTalk background, but those of you who never
>> worked with anything like Rev before but have shipped projects in other
>> languages like VB, Perl, JavaScript, ActionScript, etc.
>>
>> So here's an open invitation to the readers of this list:
>>
>> Feel free to send me an email describing your story of learning Rev. Make
>> it as long or as short as you like, and consider including things like:
>>
>> - What language(s) you used before trying Rev, and a bit about
>>  your background and experience as a developer
>>
>> - How you first learned about Rev
>>
>> - What you liked most about learning Rev
>>
>> - What you found most annoying about Rev
>>
>> - Any of the good or bad that's changed over time as you became
>>  more familiar with Rev
>>
>> And be sure to include this info so I can link back to your site and
>> hopefully bring a few clicks your way:
>>
>> - Name
>> - Title
>> - Company/organization
>> - URL
>>
>> Please send these to:  revjournal at fourthworld.com
>>
>> I'm very interested in learning more about how others see Rev, and think
>> this will be a good read for the visitors at revJournal.com.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.  Feel free to write if you have any questions -
>>
>> --
>>  Richard Gaskin
>>  Fourth World
>>  Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
>>  Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com
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