I was following Red with keen interest, waiting for them to add Postgres support.
Unfortunately this never happened, I think they got sidetracked by over-enthusiasm for crypto tools and thus lost momentum.
My attempt here is nothing too bloated. I just needed a super-flexible, easy to use (and tweak) programming language for me (automation, templates, typesetting, "quick" scripts and webview-based app publishing). So, I created it.
It's by no means "complete" - yet. Although, after months (to years) of hard work, I think it's ready to get a bit more known. At least, my personal goal has been achieved: Arturo is the language I personally use for my everyday scripting. :)
Besides, there are only a few active contributors helping the project, others, unfortunately, prefer to watch from afar and wait, or to pick Red apart feature-by-feature for other languages — and TBH I don't know if this is a historical problem with Rebol family or lack of goal-oriented communication from Red's side which would encourage people to participate (e.g. write a Postgres driver).