[REBOL] Re: link to background on Rebol language design?
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 20-Aug-2003 8:28
Hi Bryan, et al
>>I've seen those from RT say that REBOL words are not variables, (as
>>apposed to calling variables "words" just to be different
b> This is nice, but if I have to communicate with someone not familiar
b> with Rebol at all it seems most likely to me that they will see the
b> Rebol Word as a variable, in fact, I've recently had that situation, in
b> order not to complicate matters too much it seems easiest to say
b> something like: Rebol calls variables words, or something similar.
>From Core PDF:
Words are the symbols used by REBOL. A word may or may not be a variable,
depending on how it is used. Words are also used directly as symbols.
>From REBOL in 10 Steps"
Words are the symbols of REBOL. They are used to represent something
directly as a word, or indirectly as a variable...
-- Gregg