@haitchfive on Nostr: Re: my earlier commentary on REBOL being the offspring of FORTH and LISP. REBOL's ...
Re: my earlier commentary on REBOL being the offspring of FORTH and LISP.
REBOL's FORTH ancestry is quite obvious, but its LISP genes may be less so. Despite this subtlety, the closeness to LISP on a key feature is quite significant, since REBOL (just like LISP) uses blocks/lists as syntax in a very similar, if not identical fashion.
#rebol #lisp #forth
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