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'''Red''' is a [[programming language]] designed to overcome the limitations of the programming language [[Rebol]].<ref name="GS">{{cite web |title=Getting Started with GUI Programming using Red Language |url=https://www.studytonight.com/post/getting-started-with-gui-programming-using-red-programming-language |website=Studytonight |access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref> Red was introduced in 2011 by Nenad Rakočević, and is both an [[imperative programming|imperative]] and [[functional programming]] language. Its syntax and general usage overlaps that of the interpreted Rebol language.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Nenad Rakocevic about Red, a Rebol inspired programming language |url=https://www.notamonadtutorial.com/interview-with-nenad-rakocevic-about-red-a-rebol-inspired-programming-language/ |website=Not a Monad Tutorial| access-date=August 28, 2015}}</ref>

The implementation choices of Red intend to create a [[Solution stack|full stack]] programming language:<ref name="MUO">{{cite web |title=6 Unusual & Groundbreaking Programming Languages to Learn in 2023|url=https://www.makeuseof.com/programming-languages-to-learn-in-2023/ |website=makeuseof.com |date=18 October 2023}}</ref>: Red can be used for extremely high-level programming ([[Domain-specific language|DSL]]s and [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]s) as well as low-level programming ([[operating system]]s and [[device driver]]s). Key to the approach is that the language has two parts: ''Red/System'' and ''Red''.

* ''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");} }}.