ren-c
rebol
ren-c | rebol | |
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2 | 8 | |
124 | 855 | |
0.8% | 0.2% | |
9.7 | 0.0 | |
12 days ago | 10 days ago | |
C | C | |
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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ren-c
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Rad Basic 100% compatible with your Visual Basic 6 projects
It seems there is a very active fork : https://github.com/metaeducation/ren-c
The merge request will be a little challenging if someone dares to try : "This branch is 6513 commits ahead, 14 commits behind rebolsource/r3:master"
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I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can’t Read Smalltalk (2000) [pdf]
There’s a few more living derivatives of the OG Rebol; the second of these also has a list of other derivatives and relatives:
https://github.com/metaeducation/ren-c
https://github.com/Oldes/Rebol3
rebol
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A 2024 Plea for Lean Software
Rebol [ http://www.rebol.com ] were still king.
It was simple to use, small executables, expressive, but no longer maintained :(
- Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?
- Is there any high level programming language whose executable generated on one platform(OS) and runs on other platforms as well, if the machine/architecture is literally same.
- Lisp – Mecrisp Stellaris Unofficial 1.0 documentation
- The German School of Lisp (2011)
- Rebol
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What is a lesser known programming language that you think could be better than Python for non-programmers doing general scripting?
In theory, something like Rebol is much better, but you have to accept that a big bonus in favor of python is it’s popularity, so much easier to find answers if you are stuck, etc
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Rad Basic 100% compatible with your Visual Basic 6 projects
*Idly checks out where it's at*
:(
Last modified March 2014: https://github.com/rebol/rebol
And that's still just REBOL/Core, not REBOL/View.
What are some alternatives?
Rebol3 - Source code for the Rebol [R3] interpreter
potion - _why the lucky stiff's little language (the official repo... until _why returns)
pywin32 - Python for Windows (pywin32) Extensions
Dolphin - Dolphin Smalltalk Core Image
desktopdefender2 - :video_game: An old 2D "Shoot 'Em Up" Sci-fi
racket - The Racket repository
wasm3 - 🚀 A fast WebAssembly interpreter and the most universal WASM runtime
polyworks - Map editor for the game OpenSoldat
cosmopolitan - build-once run-anywhere c library
node - Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨