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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P, I am not sure what exactly do you mean by type checking and what do you see as implicit. Rebol is pretty dynamic language, very expressive. If you want to check for certain datatype, of course you can: >> integer? 123 == true I also don't understand your UI problems from your description. As for C, you of course can link to external libraries, but you need to own /Pro license, which is not free, but doesn't cost too much on the other hand. If you want to know something concrete about the language, join its mailing list, and you will find both helpfull and skilled rebol developers there ... Cheers, -pekr-