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Getting started with Readable Human Format

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Re: Getting started with Readable Human Format

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A recent HN discussion about the Red language that is helpful if you don't know much about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18843544

I think this is a different red language.

No, it is the same. This article says to install from red-lang.org (which is what my link discusses).

Re: Getting started with Readable Human Format

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A recent HN discussion about the Red language that is helpful if you don't know much about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18843544

This is not the same language.

Readable.red:

  “The ReAdABLE Human Format aims at Agile Documentation by
  making WRITING and READING document easier for End User 
  and Developer alike, while allowing a high degree of 
  flexibility.”
red-lang.org:

  “Red’s ambitious goal is to build the world’s first 
  full-stack language, a language you can use from system
  programming tasks, up to high-level scripting through DSL.
  You've probably heard of the term "Full-Stack Developer". 
  But what is a full-stack Language, exactly?”

Re: Getting started with Readable Human Format

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A recent HN discussion about the Red language that is helpful if you don't know much about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18843544

and I still don't get what's so special about it compared to the bunch of other embeddable languages (Lua, Tcl/Tk (which is 16MB in a batteries included package, mature, and shows why building a platform independent GUI into your language just doesn't age well)

Re: Getting started with Readable Human Format

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A recent HN discussion about the Red language that is helpful if you don't know much about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18843544

This is not the same language. Readable.red: “The ReAdABLE Human Format aims at Agile Documentation by making WRITING and READING document easier for End User and Developer alike, while allowing a high degree of flexibility.” red-lang.org: “Red’s ambitious goal is to build the world’s first full-stack language, a language you can use from system programming tasks, up to high-level scripting through DSL. You've probab…

The previous title was referring to Red, which is the same Red that I linked to.
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