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Ted Ashton <[log in to unmask]>
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Thus it was written in the epistle of Curtis Larsen,
>
> Carl Sassenrath (of Amiga, etc. fame) has developed a new language
> called REBOL which really bears looking at -- especially since one of
> the 30 platforms he shooting to have it on by year's end is MPE/iX (!)
> This messaging language has INCREDIBLE potential -- especially for such
> low-profile topics as "e-services". <grin>  (It can be the "messaging
> glue" for different systems, and it knows many networking types
> natively.)

You might be interested also to read Larry Wall's comments on the language:

http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/1998-10/msg01851.html

Ted "still ain't found a 'glue' that sticks better than Perl" Ashton
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Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
                                        -- Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)

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