what really, really impressed me about rebol was its runtime. it seemed to achieve an almost magical combination of small, cross-platform and capable, bypassing

what really, really impressed me about rebol was its runtime. it seemed to achieve an almost magical combination of small, cross-platform and capable, bypassing the usual "pick any two". but even back in 1999, when i first came across it, i couldn't bring myself to invest in a closed-source language. i've been keeping an eye on it ever since, hoping it would go fully open, but it never happened.