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REBOL Dormant

REBOL
KindProgramming language
Appeared1997
StatusDormant
CreatorCarl Sassenrath
FamilyREBOL
Sourcerebol.com ↗

'Relative Expression Based Object Language' — AmigaOS's architect built a language of dialects where messaging, not files, was the substrate; open-sourced 2012, community forks continue.

Influenced by LISP Logo Forth Self
Succeeded by Red
Created by Carl Sassenrath
Descendants Red

Carl Sassenrath's REBOL (1997) — Amiga's architect's next project — was 'relative expression based object language': dialecting (domain-specific sub-languages), a network-native messaging model, and a 300KB complete system.\n\nIt was the 'small is powerful' thesis pushed to an extreme; the community forked it as Red and Ren-C after Sassenrath closed it.

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Sources

  1. rebol.com/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REBOL