I'm a bit surprised that Red still seems stuck at 32 bits, like it was last time I saw something about it years ago. What is the roadblock that prevents them from building 64-bit binaries? I guess it must be very hard since otherwise it would have already been fixed.
i think the holdup is the lack of self-hosting. probably the rebol compiler they use can only build 32bit binaries so self-hosting and 64bit support go together.
it's on the milestone for 1.0. and according to the roadmap it's a solid year of work. it's likely not the only thing they want to do for 1.0, but i think self-hosting is a big chunk
i'd be curious if red can be used as a commandline shell. the syntax should work well with it. it may just need some wrapper functions to be able to call external programs, pass arguments to them and capture the output.
it's on the milestone for 1.0. and according to the roadmap it's a solid year of work. it's likely not the only thing they want to do for 1.0, but i think self-hosting is a big chunk
Love that quote. More poetic than my quip “Hope is not a strategy”.