The last slide of the 2023 presentation said:
Interest peaked around 2019, when Ren-C was the focus of a conference in Philadelphia: Talks | Rebol [2019]
- People were excited about WebAssembly and integration with JavaScript in the browser
With my deliberate choice to focus on fundamental design questions vs. recruiting younger users, the existing older userbase falls away as time passes
Because I know the unsolved questions so well, I warn people not to get too invested
I myself have made relatively few commits this year
I've thought about making the end "product" a research paper, instead of shipping code
Daring souls can still participate!
Join https://rebol.metaeducation.com
Circa 2025, I Am Much More Confident!
There have been a lot of advancements in two years!
I'm now more-or-less committed to seeing this through to publication, and making what investments it takes financially to seeing it be marketed successfully.