<s>
Red	O
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
designed	O
to	O
overcome	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Rebol	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Nenad	O
Rakočević	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
both	O
an	O
imperative	B-Application
and	O
functional	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
syntax	O
and	O
general	O
usage	O
overlaps	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
interpreted	O
Rebol	B-Application
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
choices	O
of	O
Red	O
intend	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
full	B-Application
stack	I-Application
programming	O
language	O
:	O
Red	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
extremely	O
high-level	O
programming	O
(	O
DSLs	B-Language
and	O
GUIs	B-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
low-level	O
programming	O
(	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red/System	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
C	O
,	O
but	O
packaged	O
into	O
a	O
Rebol	B-Application
lexical	O
structure	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
one	O
would	O
write	O
instead	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
is	O
a	O
homoiconic	O
language	O
capable	O
of	O
meta-programming	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Rebol-like	O
semantics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
's	O
runtime	O
library	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Red/System	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
hybrid	O
approach	O
:	O
it	O
compiles	B-Language
what	O
it	O
can	O
deduce	O
statically	O
and	O
uses	O
an	O
embedded	O
interpreter	B-Application
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
seeks	O
to	O
remain	O
independent	O
of	O
any	O
other	O
toolchain	B-General_Concept
;	O
it	O
does	O
its	O
own	O
code	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
therefore	O
possible	O
to	O
cross-compile	B-Application
Red	O
programs	O
from	O
any	O
platform	O
it	O
supports	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
,	O
via	O
a	O
command-line	O
switch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Red	O
and	O
Red/System	O
are	O
distributed	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
modified	O
BSD	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
0.6.4	O
Red	O
includes	O
a	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collector	I-General_Concept
"	O
the	O
Simple	O
GC	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
at	O
the	O
Rebol	B-Application
&	O
Boron	O
conference	O
by	O
its	O
author	O
Nenad	O
Rakočević	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rakočević	O
is	O
a	O
long-time	O
Rebol	B-Application
developer	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Cheyenne	O
HTTP	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
's	O
syntax	O
and	O
semantics	O
are	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
Rebol	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Rebol	B-Application
,	O
it	O
strongly	O
supports	O
metaprogramming	B-Application
and	O
domain-specific	B-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
DSLs	B-Language
)	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
a	O
highly	O
efficient	O
tool	O
for	O
dialecting	O
(	O
creating	O
embedded	O
DSLs	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
cross-compile	B-Application
to	O
various	O
platforms	O
(	O
see	O
Cross	B-Application
Compilation	I-Application
section	O
below	O
)	O
and	O
create	O
packages	O
for	O
platforms	O
that	O
require	O
them	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
.APK	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
fully	O
reactive	O
cross-platform	O
GUI	B-Application
system	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
underlying	O
reactive	O
dataflow	O
engine	O
,	O
a	O
2D	O
drawing	O
dialect	O
comparable	O
to	O
SVG	O
,	O
compile-time	O
and	O
runtime	O
macro	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
standard	O
datatypes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
currently	O
supports	O
the	O
following	O
cross-compilation	B-Application
targets	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
Red	O
has	O
64-bit	B-Device
support	I-Device
,	O
the	O
integer	O
example	O
will	O
overflow	O
a	O
32-bit	O
integer	O
very	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
