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This language just looks super cool. It's a shame it's sort of dead. Red (the spiritual successor) isn't ready for production yet.

timbit42 7y ago
Logo on steroids.
WaxProlix 7y ago
It's been really active; you can hop on their gitter and get a feel for where development is at (the sorts of things that are getting attention). I wouldn't use it for a production load, but it's ready enough for writing internal or personal tooling in. (And edit to say, I think some of the core team got pretty far into the blockchain rabbit hole at some point, so that may have derailed more mainstream efforts)
- analognoise 7y ago
  Red died the minute they announced they were going to launch their own crypto currency.
  - 9214 7y ago
    That's a rather bold claim. What you call cryptocurrency is an ERC-20 token intended for experimenting with community economy (e.g. tipping contributors, voting for features, app market, etc). It's an untrodden path and the idea is quite interesting in its own way. Regardless of the blockchain involvement, I encourage everyone to stay open-minded and judge the project on its technical merits.
    - kaminari 7y ago
      So the cryptocurrency stuff isn't at all part of the language or stdlib?
      - 9214 7y ago
        What makes you think it is? There are plans to offer a lightweight console module for the Ethereum scheme and C3 dialect, but since there's very little interest in this branch of development from the community (and a lot of skepticism with nay-saying) it's not a priority.
        kaminari 7y ago
        I don't think it is, I (and I assume many developers) just want to stay far away from anything cryptocurrency-related.
praptak 7y ago
It believe it had a restrictive license which was a showstopper for a programming language. The current version is Apache(?), but it might be too late.
- greggirwin 7y ago
  Rebol2 was closed source, and is no longer maintained. Red has a non-restrictive license.
pyuser583 7y ago
Red is pretty awesome. Last I tried it out, it was not ready for graphics work on Linux.
- 9214 7y ago
  GTK backend is in a fairly good state, albeit lives in a separate development branch (which you are encouraged to check out). https://www.reddit.com/r/redlang/comments/dzobh0/latest_gtk_build/ https://www.reddit.com/r/redlang/comments/dzobh0/latest_gtk_... https://static.red-lang.org/dl/branch/GTK/linux/red-latest https://static.red-lang.org/dl/branch/GTK/linux/red-latest https://gitter.im/red/GTK https://gitter.im/red/GTK
xgchiu 7y ago
Low number of users doesn't mean dead. A Rebol 3 version now compiles to wasm. You can check the interpreter running in a browser at hostilefork.com/media/shared/replpad-js/

timbit42 7y ago

Logo on steroids.

WaxProlix 7y ago

It's been really active; you can hop on their gitter and get a feel for where development is at (the sorts of things that are getting attention). I wouldn't use it for a production load, but it's ready enough for writing internal or personal tooling in. (And edit to say, I think some of the core team got pretty far into the blockchain rabbit hole at some point, so that may have derailed more mainstream efforts)

analognoise 7y ago
Red died the minute they announced they were going to launch their own crypto currency.
- 9214 7y ago
  That's a rather bold claim. What you call cryptocurrency is an ERC-20 token intended for experimenting with community economy (e.g. tipping contributors, voting for features, app market, etc). It's an untrodden path and the idea is quite interesting in its own way. Regardless of the blockchain involvement, I encourage everyone to stay open-minded and judge the project on its technical merits.
  - kaminari 7y ago
    So the cryptocurrency stuff isn't at all part of the language or stdlib?
    - 9214 7y ago
      What makes you think it is? There are plans to offer a lightweight console module for the Ethereum scheme and C3 dialect, but since there's very little interest in this branch of development from the community (and a lot of skepticism with nay-saying) it's not a priority.
      - kaminari 7y ago
        I don't think it is, I (and I assume many developers) just want to stay far away from anything cryptocurrency-related.

praptak 7y ago

It believe it had a restrictive license which was a showstopper for a programming language. The current version is Apache(?), but it might be too late.

greggirwin 7y ago
Rebol2 was closed source, and is no longer maintained. Red has a non-restrictive license.

pyuser583 7y ago

Red is pretty awesome. Last I tried it out, it was not ready for graphics work on Linux.

9214 7y ago
GTK backend is in a fairly good state, albeit lives in a separate development branch (which you are encouraged to check out). https://www.reddit.com/r/redlang/comments/dzobh0/latest_gtk_build/ https://www.reddit.com/r/redlang/comments/dzobh0/latest_gtk_... https://static.red-lang.org/dl/branch/GTK/linux/red-latest https://static.red-lang.org/dl/branch/GTK/linux/red-latest https://gitter.im/red/GTK https://gitter.im/red/GTK

xgchiu 7y ago

Low number of users doesn't mean dead. A Rebol 3 version now compiles to wasm. You can check the interpreter running in a browser at hostilefork.com/media/shared/replpad-js/