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Re:Red Programming Language 0.6.3 by beagle3 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @02:52AM (#14794718)
Yes. It also handles GUI for Mac and Windows.

The old 32-bit K2 (K language) had a superfast ACID DB, GUI, GC, no dependencies (but also no compilter) and was 250K, so 4 independent platforms would still fit in under 1MB; Arthur is now working on KPARC, which has no compiler but does boot on metal and includes GUI, editor, db, filesystem, network, and a lot more, e.g. this http://kparc.com/edit.k is the implementation of native nano-style GUI editor. ; Last I heard, it was still <500KB.

Re:Red Programming Language 0.6.3 by aethertron on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @05:00AM (#14795190)
kOS sounds like a dream. I'd love more info on it. Related HN link:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8475809

Re:Red Programming Language 0.6.3 by beagle3 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:10AM (#14797109)
Not very easy to come by, but if you haven't seen it yet, here's a presentation by geocar from 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrOg19gzP4