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Here [0] is an example of what it looks like. Took some digging to find, really should be more prominent on the site.

It's very elegant! I can't fully grasp everything that's happening but the visual appearance of the syntax alone is interesting.

[0] https://github.com/red/code/blob/master/Scripts/clock.red

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I agree that this particular coding example looks good. I find it aesthetically pleasing for some reason. But like you I don’t know the language, which leaves me with a question, does this code make understanding the function’s operation and implicit usage contract (i.e. the function’s type) clear to a dev that does know the language?

I would assume it does, because I assume I be able to know these things in a comparable JS or Python example. But if that assumption is correct I really like the ‘look’ of Red.

Seems someone built an ETL product from XML to databases.

https://redata.dev/smartxml/

If it's robust it seems rather neat.

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