Red (programming language): Difference between revisions

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| name = Red

| logo = Red Language Tower Logo.png

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| paradigm = [[Imperative programming|imperative]], [[functional programming|functional]], [[symbolic programming|symbolic]]

| designer = Nenad Rakočević

| developer = Nenad Rakočević

| latest release date = December 7, 2018

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| license = [[modified BSD license|modified BSD]] and [[Boost Software License|Boost]]

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* ''Red/System'' is similar to C, but packaged into a Rebol lexical structure{{snd}} for example, one would write {{Smalltalk|if x > y [print "Hello"]}} instead of {{C-lang|if (x > y) {printf("Hello\n");} }}.

* ''Red'' is a [[homoiconicity|homoiconic language]] capable of meta-programming, with Rebol-like semantics similar to Rebol's. Red's runtime library is written in Red/System, and uses a hybrid approach: it [[compiled language|compiles]] what it can deduce statically and uses an embedded [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]] otherwise. The project roadmap includes a [[just-in-time compilation|just-in-time compiler]] for cases in between, but this has not yet been implemented.

Red seeks to remain independent of any other [[toolchain]]; it does its own code generation. It is therefore possible to [[cross compiler|cross-compile]] Red programs from any platform it supports to any other, via a command-line switch. Both Red and Red/System are distributed as [[open-source software]] under the [[modified BSD license]]. The runtime library is distributed under the more permissive [[Boost Software License]].

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==Introduction==

Red was introduced in the [[Netherlands]] on February 2011 at the ''Rebol & Boron conference''<ref>[http://www.osnews.com/story/24798/New_Red_Programming_Language_Gets_Syllable_Backend « New Red Programming Language Gets Syllable Backend »], ''osnews.com'', May 2011.</ref> by its author Nenad Rakočević. In September 2011, the Red programming language was presented to a larger audience during the [[Software Freedom Day]] 2011.<ref>[https://www.red-lang.org/2011/09/red-at-software-freedom-day-2011.html « Red Programming Language: Red at Software Freedom Day 2011 »], ''red-lang.org'', September 14, 2011.</ref> RakocevicRakočević is a long-time Rebol developer known as the creator of the Cheyenne [[HTTP server]].<ref>[http://cheyenne-server.org/about.shtml « What is Cheyenne? »] Last referenced Nov 2017.</ref>

==Features==