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by pekr 2716 days ago
Rebol and Red are meant to be easy on its surface, while still allowing more complex stuff if you dig deeper. Of course there is a catch - e.g. if you want to modify some GUI element or create one, you need to understand all the underpinnings. On the other hand - dialects are nice way of an interfacing. I don't want to sound bold, but why Java provided its FX, or Qt its QML? Simply because once you are working in certain domain, you don't need complex language constructs.

As for the Czech wizardry, I might put things into some context, myself being Czech, but far from being a wizard :-) It all stems from the Amiga heritage. Remember - Rebol was created by Carl Sassenrath, Amiga OS creator, and Czech community had kind of strong following to it. Red though, is more multinational, but so was Rebol too - maybe Czechs might be more vocal here or there, in terms of the community involvements. And that's just all.

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Interesting! Thanks for providing some clarity.