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Red: A programming language inspired by REBOL

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95 points Levitating | 6 comments | 31 Aug 25 03:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.855s | source | bottom
1. Nekorosu ◴[31 Aug 25 07:00 UTC] No.45080991[source]▶
Impossible to run on macOS. The provided "binary" is a complete mess. It's actually a zip archive with an app inside of it with a binary that doesn't match a modern Appple Silicon architecture.

I don't understand why the download link is even there. In practice, macOS is not supported. I hope it works better on Linux. Can't care less about Windows.

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2. anta40 ◴[31 Aug 25 09:19 UTC] No.45081748[source]▶
Last time I tried (perhaps 4 years ago?), it works on 64-bit Linux. But you still need to install 32-bit compatibility libs. On macOS, well sadly it's still 32-bit. Not sure how many folks are still using Mojave...
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3. coliveira ◴[31 Aug 25 13:07 UTC] No.45082869[source]▶
So this probably won't run on Apple silicon. They don't have support for 32bit apps.
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4. Nekorosu ◴[31 Aug 25 16:38 UTC] No.45084533[source]▶
For downvoters. I made an effort to file a very detailed bug report regarding this issue. I'd love to make it work but it seems like original REBOL binary is also 32-bit only. I still don't understand why the provided binary is a rabbit hole of problems. I do want to try it on my system and open to making an extra effort to make it work. :)
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5. anta40 ◴[31 Aug 25 17:59 UTC] No.45085327{3}[source]▶
It also doesn't run on Big Sur, Monterey.... back when I was still on X64
6. avhon1 ◴[31 Aug 25 18:27 UTC] No.45085614[source]▶
IIRC, Red is not yet fully self-hosted, so it makes sense that the download would embed a copy of the original 32-bit x86 Rebol to bootstrap / compile.