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Rebol is a fascinating language, well worth a look if you are a language-geek.

Also, it's creator Carl Sassenrath wrote the Amiga Computer operating system kernel, the first preemptive multitasking system on a home computer.

http://www.rebol.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sassenrath

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I've always felt the potential of the language and community was a missed opportunity because of the refusal to open source it. Languages like rebol thrive when they are set free. It's a shame really.

I totally agree. I think that Carl is just a little old-school to fully open it. Walter Bright of 'D' had similar problems that limited the initial take-up of the language.

Its a shame really as I imagine many net hackers would love Rebol, especially those with a penchant for Lisp and lisp-a-likes.

"Red" (https://github.com/dockimbel/Red) is an oss effort in this direction (but very young). Same author as Cheyenne.

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