Hi Anthony,
You've gotten some great advice, so I'll just add a couple comments.
Don't confuse the difficulty of learning to "program" with learning
REBOL; you're learning two things at once. Don't despair if it seems
like things aren't going as fast as you would like at first. You'll
get there.
If you study programming fundamentals, REBOL should be a great tool to
experiment with. The only downside is that example code will probably
be in another language. Something in your favor is this list (and
other REBOL resources). If you have a question, just ask. Maybe put
"[learning]" somewhere in your message header so we can find and collect
related messages later.
I think REBOL is a great language to learn with because it is a good
tool for thinking with. That is, it lets you think in terms of the
problem you're trying to solve and less about translating that problem
into code. You still have to do that, but some languages make it
almost painful to express solutions to some problems.
My son is learning REBOL, and while he's learning the fundamentals of
the language, he really enjoys playing with View to create simple
screens with different elements, layouts, and colors. It gives him a
good feeling of accomplishment and visual feedback.
view layout [button "Hide" [unview]]
The View Developer's Guide, and some other docs, can be helpful
(see http://www.rebol.com/docs-view.html).
Happy REBOLing and best of luck!
-- Gregg
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