Thanks for responding politely to my somewhat accusatory comment.
It sounds like Red is driven by a small but very dedicated community, and the way it's both designed and promoted makes me think of TempleOS. Terry Davis' constant eulogies about how his own eccentric OS compares with Linux were obviously delusional (for a start, TempleOS doesn't do networking at all). Similarly comparing Red to Clojure when Red doesn't run on 64-bit machines is also misguided.
However, taken on its own terms TempleOS is an amazing piece of art, and I'm also sure that Red does something new and interesting. Perhaps that style of "PR bait" is just how you roll, but I am certainly glad you took your time to write a more down-to-earth description of the project. Reading that makes it easier for me to appreciate Red as more of an esoteric language that is of great use within its community.
> comparing Red to Clojure when Red doesn't run on 64-bit machines is also misguided
It is misguided, and such comparison wasn't made by any of official representatives, if that's what you imply. I only recall that decision to make a split between Red Foundation and core development team was influenced by Clojure business model, which is backed by Cognitect (correct me if I'm wrong).
Project has ambitious goals and strong, visionary roadmap. Perhaps too strong, as your comparison to TempleOS is slightly worrisome to me ;) Which tells me that current approach to marketing and overall pitching should be reconsidered...
However, I strongly disagree that Red is esoteric, and all technological advances with implemented features up to this point (covered in official blog) serve as a testament to it.
As for small community - risking to sound like a snob, I'll say that Red might not be for everyone, so as any other language - it pick you, not the other way around. Besides, this is still the early days for us, full of ups and downs, challenges and struggles. These things, they take time [1].
It sounds like Red is driven by a small but very dedicated community, and the way it's both designed and promoted makes me think of TempleOS. Terry Davis' constant eulogies about how his own eccentric OS compares with Linux were obviously delusional (for a start, TempleOS doesn't do networking at all). Similarly comparing Red to Clojure when Red doesn't run on 64-bit machines is also misguided.
However, taken on its own terms TempleOS is an amazing piece of art, and I'm also sure that Red does something new and interesting. Perhaps that style of "PR bait" is just how you roll, but I am certainly glad you took your time to write a more down-to-earth description of the project. Reading that makes it easier for me to appreciate Red as more of an esoteric language that is of great use within its community.