* Duke Normandin <[email protected]> [101103 15:10]:
> 
> Hey list...
> 
> I'm re-visiting REBOL, and I must say that I'm appreciating it a whole
> lot more this 2nd time around.
> 
> Just to be clear - is a REBOL series exactly the same thing as an
> array in other languages?
  Hi Duke
  I'm going to take a little different track on your question:
  First of all, datatypes in rebol are layed out in a hierarchy.
  This differs from any other programming language that I have
  worked with.

  So .... a block is a series, but a series is not necessarily a
  block because the block! datatype is subordinate to the series
  datatype as is string!, issue! and others:
  From the console

>> type? #000000
== issue!
>> series? #000000
== true
>> b: [my name is Duke]
== [my name is Duke]
>> type? b
== block!
>> series? b
== true
>> s: "my name is duke"
== "my name is duke"
>> type? s
== string!
>> series? s
== true
;; end of code
I hope you don't find this too confusing, but this knowledge may
prove helpful, for instance in setting up the interface for a function.

-- 
Tim 
tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com
http://www.akwebsoft.com
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