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'''Red''' is both an [[imperative programming|imperative]] and [[functional programming]] [[programming language|language]] created in [[2011]] by Nenad Rakocevic. It is distributed as [[free software]] under the [[BSD licenses#3-clause_license_.28.22New_BSD_License.22_or_.22Modified_BSD_License.22.29|modified BSD license]] with a [[just Just-in-time compilation|just-in-time]] [[compiler]]. Both are respectively based on the [[REBOL]] language and the REBOL interpreter.

The Red programming language was presented during the [[Software Freedom Day]] 2011<ref name="sfd">[http://www.softwarefreedomday.eu/2011/Red.html « Red »], ''softwarefreedomday.eu'', september 14, 2011.</ref>{{;}}<ref>[http://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> giving to its author a large audience; the video is still on the SFD homepage since September 2011. Rakocevic is also the joint winners of the REBOL of the Year 2011 election<ref>[http://devcon.esperconsultancy.nl/ « Red & REBOL DevCon Winter 2012 »], ''devcon'', winter 2012.</ref>. Red was first 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, who is also known to be the creator of the Cheyenne [[HTTP server]]<ref>[http://development.syllable.org/news/2011-05-28-00-37-First-Red-program-on-SyllableDesktop.html « Red Alert! »], ''syllable.org'', May 2011.</ref>.