Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 22nd Oct 2001 18:16 UTC
REBOL is a powerful software technology (ever thought that you could write a full blown GUI Instant Messenger in only 7 kb of source code?) designed from the ground up to enable a new era of distributed Internet applications. The technology provides a ubiquitous, lightweight model of distributed computing that operates across all types of computer systems. REBOL is a true distributed computing architecture. Applications and data become distributed across all devices. REBOL is completely device independent, so it does not matter what operating system or hardware is being used. Every system of the Internet becomes an independent resource that can process and communicate information. The REBOL kernel currently runs on more than 40 different operating systems -- everything from large Sun Solaris servers, to Windows and Macintosh PCs, to Linux, BeOS, down to CE handheld devices. And it is here to revolutionize the Internet, by introducing the X Internet (also called as 'XNet') through the REBOL Internet Operating System (IOS). Read more of what Carl Sassenrath, Rebol Tech's CTO and founder, has to say about the future, Rebol and the race against Microsoft's .NET Services.
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Prior to REBOL I used Perl extensively for scripting type jobs and Delphi for "serious" GUI tasks. The most remarkable thing about REBOL is that it does a better job of these diverse tasks than languages specifically designed for such roles, and the REBOL distribution is just one small executable regardless of role. (A large application, REBOL included, easily fits [uncompressed] on a single floppy disk!) This all or nothing approach ensures that "write once, run anywhere" with no module or library dependencies is the norm. Not since my first taste of programming nearly 15 years ago have I felt so excited about a technology!