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Yes, Red is another fine language. However, to be fair, I would say Red is practically like Rebol v3. Arturo's goal is not to become yet another Rebol, but comb
by stchacademy 6y ago
Yes, Red is another fine language. However, to be fair, I would say Red is practically like Rebol v3. Arturo's goal is not to become yet another Rebol, but combine its positive aspects (which are a lot) with other features of modern programming languages, mostly functional programming -oriented. Actually, Arturo's influences range from Rebol to Ruby, Haskell, Tcl and even Forth or Factor or... Swift.
In any case, I'm all ears for feedback/ideas/suggestions. Code contributions are more than welcome as well - it's been just a one-guy thing so far, and I can honestly not find time for everything :)
- rebolek 6y agoDescribing Red as Rebol3 like is not fair IMO, it goes beyond that in many aspects - there is a compiler, C-level dialect (Red/System), reactive framework, ... Anyway, Arturo looks interesting and I'm looking forward to try it!
- stchacademy 6y agoI didn't say that in a despective way at all. My only point is that Red - as far I've seen it at least - tries to maintain a great deal of compatibility with Rebol, while Arturo used it as a starting point. (Arturo can be run as valid Rebol code, only if you stick to the absolute basics) Even using it as an inspiration, it's obvious that I absolutely respect both projects. Again, what I'm trying to do is take the good points and create something completely new. Looking forward to hearing your feedback/ideas/suggestion/anything. I'm all ears! :) (Code contributions are also 100% welcome!)
- 9214 6y agoCompatibility with either Rebol 2 or 3 is not the goal, since Red takes the best parts from both.