Editing Rebol (section)

==Etymology==
Rebol was initially an acronym for '''R'''elative '''E'''xpression '''B'''ased '''O'''bject '''L'''anguage written in all caps.<ref name="RD" /><ref name="DJ" /> To align with modern trends in language naming represented, e.g. by the change replacing historical name ''LISP'' by ''Lisp'', programmers ceased the practice of writing ''REBOL'' in all caps. Sassenrath eventually put the naming question to the community debate on his blog.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rebol.com/cgi-bin/blog.r?view=0525 |title=Calling REBOL Rebol? |date=December 14, 2012 <!--6:49 GMT--> |access-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203023615/http://www.rebol.com/cgi-bin/blog.r?view=0525 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In subsequent writing, Sassenrath adopted the convention of writing the language name as ''Rebol''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sassenrath|first1=Carl|title=Cross-compiling Rebol for your favorite embedded board|url=http://www.rebol.com/article/0526.html|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>