Technically speaking, REBOL is an advanced language that gains its advantage through lightweight domain-specific sublanguages and micro-formats. REBOL introduces the concept of dialecting: small, efficient, domain languages for code, data, and metadata.
REBOL is "both sided" technology. It is an integrated solution to
distributed computing that works best when it runs
on both the client and the server. (However, that is not a requirement you can use it on just the client or just the server.)
REBOL provides a lightweight platform for Internet applications.
REBOL's power makes applications small so they are less expensive to create, distribute,
maintain, and upgrade. In the size of a typical web page, you can fit an
entire REBOL application.
REBOL is more than just a programming language. It is also a
language for representing data and metadata. It provides a consistent architecture
for computation, storage, and exchange of information.
REBOL has been intentionally kept small and lightweight.
It only takes a few seconds to download, and it requires no special libraries to run,
but it includes hundreds of functions, dozens of datatypes, built-in
help, multiple Internet protocols, graphics, sound, and much more.
REBOL is cross-platform. REBOL spans more than 40 systems. A program
written on Windows runs equally well on Linux, BSD, OS X, and many other
platforms... with no changes necessary.
REBOL comes in a variety of packages. Beginners can use the freely licensed
REBOL/Core and REBOL/View packages. Professionals will find REBOL/Command and
REBOL/SDK to be powerful tools.
More than five million copies of REBOL have been downloaded since
its first release in 1998.
Organizations large and small use REBOL to create Internet applications
and solutions in a fraction of the normal time and cost.
REBOL powers AltME, the secure, lightweight, messaging and application platform created by SafeWorlds, Inc. We encourage you to give it a try, and you will
be hearing more about our partnership with Safeworlds in the months ahead.
