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The main (IMO sad) reason REBOL sits in a weird half-life position of "not quite dead, but..." is that, while REBOL Core is open, the GUI parts (which are cross
by exikyut 7y ago
The main (IMO sad) reason REBOL sits in a weird half-life position of "not quite dead, but..." is that, while REBOL Core is open, the GUI parts (which are crossplatform, and run on Linux) are still closed source.
It's a bit like .NET Core. Great to base a business on... not so great to tinker around with. Arguably the second (tinkering, learning) comes before the first (using what you've learned to build a business).
Mildly infuriating...
- draegtun 7y agoJust to clarify it's Rebol 2 (Core/etc) that is closed source. Rebol 3 is open-sourced along with the GUI (R3-GUI).... * https://github.com/rebol/rebol https://github.com/rebol/rebol * https://github.com/metaeducation/ren-c https://github.com/metaeducation/ren-c (community fork) * https://github.com/zsx/r3-gui https://github.com/zsx/r3-gui (Atronix fork)