Comments on: Hello, my name is Ryan Tomayko… http://lesscode.org/2005/06/30/hello/ AAaaaaahhhhrrrrrrr! Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Andy Elvey http://lesscode.org/2005/06/30/hello/#comment-25 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 07:41:33 +0000 http://lesscode.org/2005/06/30/hello/#comment-25 <p>Hi Ryan! </p> <p>Just thought I'd drop you a line to say "nice site" (and I very much support the "less is more" approach with software). Most of all, I strongly agree that web development is a mess! Javascript (in particular), HTML - the lot. </p> <p>You might be interested in a language on S/F called <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/r-sharp">r-sharp</a> .</p> <p>Despite the name, it has nothing to do with MS and C# - it is actually an open-source clone of <a href="http://www.rebol.com">Rebol</a>. The project seems dead now, but I really recommend having a look. There is code released and it works! I've tried it. </p> <p>There is another Rebol clone here - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/freebell">freebell</a>. Freebell is written in Java. Although it says "no code has been released" , there is code (and lots of it) in the CVS there. It seems to be quite complete, too.</p> <p>Rebol itself is free but (unfortunately) not open-source. R-sharp and Freebell are both. </p> <p>Rebol is amazing - a full GUI environment, a flexible and ultra-succinct syntax - all in less than 500 Kb or so. It is ultra-lightweight, supports all net protocols, and the demos show that it is possible to do some amazing stuff - graphics and lots more. </p> <p>Anyway - although I'm not brilliant on the coding myself, I try to mention r-sharp and freebell when I can - they are a couple of gems just waiting to be discovered :-) </p> <p>Bye for now! </p> <p>Andy</p> Hi Ryan!

Just thought I’d drop you a line to say “nice site” (and I very much support the “less is more” approach with software). Most of all, I strongly agree that web development is a mess! Javascript (in particular), HTML - the lot.

You might be interested in a language on S/F called r-sharp .

Despite the name, it has nothing to do with MS and C# - it is actually an open-source clone of Rebol. The project seems dead now, but I really recommend having a look. There is code released and it works! I’ve tried it.

There is another Rebol clone here - freebell. Freebell is written in Java. Although it says “no code has been released” , there is code (and lots of it) in the CVS there. It seems to be quite complete, too.

Rebol itself is free but (unfortunately) not open-source. R-sharp and Freebell are both.

Rebol is amazing - a full GUI environment, a flexible and ultra-succinct syntax - all in less than 500 Kb or so. It is ultra-lightweight, supports all net protocols, and the demos show that it is possible to do some amazing stuff - graphics and lots more.

Anyway - although I’m not brilliant on the coding myself, I try to mention r-sharp and freebell when I can - they are a couple of gems just waiting to be discovered :-)

Bye for now!

Andy

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