[runningskull]

Thanks for clarifying. I certainly didn’t mean to disparage Red at all - the language seems interesting and the project admirable. I’m really eager to dive in and explore, but I’m on Catalina so I can’t yet.

The debate thing was just the impression I came away with. Things like this post[0] from late 2018 saying

> We are currently 32-bit only, and need to decide the best path for adding 64-bit support, should we elect to do so.

(and some other back-and-forth I can’t find at the moment) left me thinking it was an open question. I’m glad to hear it’s on the roadmap.

[0] https://www.red-lang.org/2018/?m=1

[9214]

IIRC it was said in the context of the next major release (0.6.5), i.e. concentrate on 64-bit support ASAP or instead focus on the planned milestones that were already in the pipes. As you said, there was back-and-worth discussion in community chat, where the team tried to gather some feedback from macOS developers and gain a perspective on how urgent this issue is.

Really unfortunate that you cannot give Red a try, but I think it's still worth checking out in a VM of your choice. Drop by one of the Gitter rooms if you need help to get started:

https://gitter.im/red/red/welcome