[REBOL] Re: Expression evaluator (an example of parsing blocks)

2000-10-21 Thread Rishi Oswal
I think that is a great feature. Operator precedence always confused me. In Rebol, it is done left-right...the way it should have been done in other languages.. rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 4:1

[REBOL] objects without overhead Re:(2)

2000-10-18 Thread rishi
objects have access to outer object words? for example, can >'instancefunc1 access 'function1 as shown above? > > I hope this works. If it does, it would be a very simple but elegant solution to my >problem. It would be even more elegent when modules come around so I can keep al

[REBOL] objects without overhead Re:

2000-10-17 Thread rishi
ep all private words in context of myobject rather than the actual object returned...making code very clear. Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am working on a program which requires about 1000 or so instances of objects. It >doesn't have to be OO but I like the de

[REBOL] objects without overhead

2000-10-17 Thread rishi
I am working on a program which requires about 1000 or so instances of objects. It doesn't have to be OO but I like the design better that way. I am using a function as constructor like the following example (not real code..): ;I used dashes to keep formatting intact (hopefully this works) mak

[REBOL] Open source project Re:(9)

2000-10-11 Thread rishi
rebel..) in, say, REBOL/View if it will cost $500 or so. Guess I just want to have quality fun for a cheap price... Will that be possible? What does the REBOL future look like for individual, non-profit users? just wondering... Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Let me

[REBOL] Question: Move the REBOL List? Re:(5)

2000-10-11 Thread rishi
REBOLUSERS REBOL/Users Or, if you can use brackets in name, try: [REBOL] ; I kind of like this one. It would also work when you search for the word "rebol" blah blah blah...etc...etc... Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Rishi wrote: > > Wasn't there a lis

[REBOL] generalities of addresses and values... Re:(4)

2000-10-10 Thread rishi
dates, etc..) are treated as values. Has anyone confirmed this? I know I am not supposed to snoop around and figure out how this stuff works in REBOL, but it is just something I have to know... Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, Rishi! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

[REBOL] generalities of addresses and values... Re:(4)

2000-10-10 Thread rishi
nt to me...but I'm sure reality is that I don't understand what is going on. It seemed to me that Larry implied that everything in rebol is passed by reference. but does not seem to be true as shown in above example. I don't know why this is so hard for me to grasp... It shouldn&#

[REBOL] Question: Move the REBOL List? Re:(3)

2000-10-10 Thread rishi
I would also prefer it on egroups. Wasn't there a list already created by the name "rebol"? If not, who is going to create it and create/maintain list? Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Carl wrote: > > What would you think if we were to move this

[REBOL] article on rebol

2000-10-10 Thread rishi
Haven't seen this article mentionedbut it's pretty good. http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-09-2000/swol-0929-regex.html Rishi

[REBOL] generalities of addresses and values... Re:(2)

2000-10-09 Thread rishi
prove that b references a for number datatypes? Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Rishi > > Well, there are a lot of issues raised by your questions. I am sure you will > get a number of responses. I will limit myself to a couple of quick > comments. >

[REBOL] generalities of addresses and values...

2000-10-09 Thread rishi
are passed/copied/attached by reference. -all deep functions (functions within functions or blocks within functions) are passed/copied/attached by reference. -all deep objects (objects within objects or blocks within objects) are passed/copied/attached by reference. did I miss anything? Rishi

[REBOL] Script Controlled POST? Re:(2)

2000-10-08 Thread rishi
time... Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Jeff wrote: > > So let's say you construct a form out of ALL hidden type fields. And you > want to submit it without the user having to press anything. Meaning you > want to somehow let the script "Press the Submit but

[REBOL] AI class Re:(2)

2000-10-03 Thread rishi
They used to use lisp...but for some reason switched to c. Some of the examples he was showing on the board were in lisp...but I guess we are not using it. He had to write some c libraries to make up for stuff that was built into lisp. Rishi Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote

[REBOL] Lost Subscribe Again Re:

2000-10-02 Thread rishi
I think you would be happy with qnx rtp. For the first time, I am happy with an OS. You don't even notice it...it just stays out of the way. My kind of an OS. Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All, > > Outlook Express did it again: Destroyed my inbox t

[REBOL] AI class

2000-10-02 Thread rishi
don't, some other language will take hold (such as python). Also great that rebol manual was just released. Now I plan to study this language in detail... Rishi

[REBOL] REBOL mentioned in QNX news .... Re:

2000-09-30 Thread rishi
perimental release or an official release? Hopefully View will make it before the end of the year. Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > http://www.qnx.com/news/pr/sep29_00-dwnl.html > > Heh, what a pity > 200k people can't try REBOL/View But, at least, I > th

[REBOL] how to run rebol on qnx rtp Re:(3)

2000-09-29 Thread rishi
ere did you put the files on your hard disk? Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 08:15:09AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I download rebol/core for qnx rtp and extracted it out. When I try to run > > >"rebol" from the te

[REBOL] how to run rebol on qnx rtp

2000-09-28 Thread rishi
I download rebol/core for qnx rtp and extracted it out. When I try to run "rebol" from the terminal...it doesn't work. How do you run rebol in qnx rtp? rishi

[REBOL] Call for open-source project? Solution: Launch Programs from REBOL/View Re:(3)

2000-09-28 Thread rishi
What is Rebol/Shell? Is this an upcoming replacement for command line shells (ie. bash)? Sounds really interesting... I would like this... Rishi > > > > > Well imagine following: > > > > > > in pseudo-code: > > > > > > ftpcopy rebol to host x &

[REBOL] QNX RTP Beta Released Re:(2)

2000-09-27 Thread rishi
Yes, I also hope rebol/view comes to qnx rtp since that is what I now use... Rishi Previously, you ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Paul, > > A very fine OS release. I'm very impressed with it. > > Python and Perl are on the CD image, it is a pity REBOL didn't get onto

[REBOL] New View 0.10.34 Re:

2000-09-24 Thread rishi
ssing intensive? Rishi > Fixed various bugs. Adds file requestors. Numerous other changes. > > Note: face actions created by VID are now functions. This allows > you to refer to the active face from within the action block. For > example: > >toggle "True" "Fals

[REBOL] Over 40 Platforms make for good press, but.... Re:(4)

2000-09-24 Thread rishi
ng to qnx rtp. This is shocking to me that they passed up this opportunity...especially considering a lot of the people who will initially be using qnx rtp are coming from the amiga and beos (like me) crowd...exactly the same type of people who would use rebol. What a shame Rishi

[REBOL] Over 40 Platforms make for good press, but.... Re:(2)

2000-09-23 Thread rishi
ember 26th...and will be available for free...I'm sure having Rebol/View on it as early as possible would be a good thing (before people become hooked on the other languages). Rishi O. > > > > Below are some old OS market share stats (no doubt > > Unix flavours have grow

[REBOL] need client/server communication mechanism... Re:

2000-09-23 Thread rishi
sorry. Have no idea where my mind was when I was writing this. Solved all issues without server-side rebol assistance... Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 11:03 AM Subject: [REBOL] need c

[REBOL] need client/server communication mechanism...

2000-09-23 Thread rishi
se any computer in the lab to access my programs - use any server as my network operating system/diskette. - use rebol/view browser as my file manager. Thanks. Rishi O.

[REBOL] The Industry Needs REBOL But Thinks it Wants Perl Re:(5)

2000-09-21 Thread rishi
yes. I think rebol should attact educational market before python beats them to it! give it to schools/colleges for free!!! Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 9:00 AM Subject: [REBOL] The Industry

[REBOL] REBOL Command V 1.0 Release! Re:

2000-09-21 Thread rishi
oh no! $300 - $500! How about a price for students?! Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 6:59 AM Subject: [REBOL] REBOL Command V 1.0 Release! > REBOL Technologies is pleased to announc

[REBOL] another parsing problem: converting dos filenames to rebol Re:(2)

2000-09-19 Thread rishi
Most likely QNX Real Time Platform uses unix-style filenames. Not sure thought. It will be released on Sep. 26th so I will find out then. Looks like it is going to be a really great platform. On a side note, I'm a bit sad that rebol/view and rebol/command are not supported on qnx rtp. Especial

[REBOL] file chooser in rebol/view Re:(2)

2000-09-19 Thread rishi
> > > Will REBOL/View eventually support a graphical file-browser? > > > > Rishi > > > > > > Yes it will, request-file. You would have noticed the button for it in > Requestor Tests in vidtest.r, right? > > Cheers, > > Allen K > Just noticed it. thanks. rishi

[REBOL] file chooser in rebol/view

2000-09-19 Thread rishi
Will REBOL/View eventually support a graphical file-browser? Rishi

[REBOL] debugging rebol apps

2000-09-17 Thread rishi
Hi. Since rebol does not have a compiler, I find it a bit more difficult to debug large rebApps. Anyone have any debugging tips/strategies? Curious how others debug their scripts... Rishi

[REBOL] save bug Re:(4)

2000-09-15 Thread rishi
sorry. I didn't realize that view has been updated. In addition, I was pleasantly surprised to find beta version of command available. new release solved bug. Now I can get continue on with my program ... thanks. Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[REBOL] save bug Re:(2)

2000-09-15 Thread rishi
work fine. But if at any time after the object happens to be in the same state as any of those n earlier states, and then you save, this bug will occur and file will be corrupted.. Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, S

[REBOL] save bug Re:(2)

2000-09-15 Thread rishi
about box says: rebol/view Version 0.10.29.3.1 running on win98SE I think it is latest view version... rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: [REBOL] save bug Re: > What versio

[REBOL] save bug

2000-09-15 Thread rishi
retreive this object using load. So the basic bug is that if you save the same exact object to a file twice, the second time it doesn't work. Notice that if you alter the state of the object (such as set m to something else), and then save it, it will be saved correctly. This bug has been such a pain for me today Rishi

[REBOL] serializing? Re:(2)

2000-09-14 Thread rishi
that's just too simple. Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 12:36 AM Subject: [REBOL] serializing? Re: > Rishi wrote: > > I've created an object in my source file. I would like

[REBOL] serializing?

2000-09-13 Thread rishi
I've created an object in my source file. I would like to save this object to a text file, and later, retrieve this object and use it. This is called serialization of an object. Is there an easy way to do this in rebol? Rishi O.

[REBOL] rebol weak points (i think) Re:(8)

2000-09-13 Thread rishi
is there any other way, besides writing a compiler, to hide source code? Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 2:36 AM Subject: [REBOL] rebol weak points (i think) Re:(7) > [EMAIL P

[REBOL] where is the "=="?

2000-09-13 Thread rishi
In the rebol command line, some expressions display the result following "==" sign while some don't. example: >> 5 + 5 == 10 >> print 5 + 5 10 In general, when the you get "==" sign before the result? Rishi

[REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(8)

2000-09-12 Thread rishi
erested : http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ It works really well with rebol... (hey, if i was in a dvorak message board or qnx discussion board and the topic of programming languages came up...I would definately give REBOL a plug!) Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(6)

2000-09-12 Thread rishi
I didn't get that right...oops...probably because I use the dvorak keyboard layout rather than qwerty... Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 7:27 AM Subject: [REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer.

[REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(5)

2000-09-11 Thread rishi
neers know all this stuff...) Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:42 PM Subject: [REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(4) > >Here's two of those kinds of questions I >

[REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(5)

2000-09-11 Thread rishi
for the brackets...[]... well when together, they look like blocks...don't they take a look below --[] -[][] [][][] it looks like i stacked blocks on top of each other. My guess is carl chose [ and ] for blocks because it looks like a block when put together... Rishi - Original Message

[REBOL] does REBOL run on Palm or not? Re:(2)

2000-09-11 Thread rishi
mmers!)? With the programs we are creating at work, I have a hard enough time just dealing with just one platform (then again...it's windows...) Actually, I think they are brilliant and insane. I don't know how they can do it, but I'm glad they can!! Rishi - Original Message

[REBOL] rebol weak points (i think) Re:(4)

2000-09-11 Thread rishi
there a way to read older archives of this newsgroup (like several months/years old) so I don't have to post questions that have been answered? Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:27 PM Subject: [REBOL]

[REBOL] rebol tech business direction

2000-09-10 Thread rishi
rofit use. Add support services for this fee. - charge service based fees for developing custom dialacts for companies that need it.   This way, there is no marketing reason to stifle/limit/bloat... the technology...   Just  a thought....   Rishi

[REBOL] .net Framework Re:

2000-09-10 Thread rishi
Rebol technolgies will be porting rebol/view, rebol/command to qnx real-time-platform?    Rishi     - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 11:19 AM Subject: [REBOL] .net Framework    I am to a fan of

[REBOL] rebol weak points (i think) Re:(2)

2000-09-10 Thread rishi
why rebol can't be compiled. Javascript, perl, python, java ... and most all languages i've seen can all be compiled (to at least byte code)... thanks Rishi O. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:

[REBOL] .net and rebol

2000-09-10 Thread rishi
specification (ECMAScript Edition 3). With only a few minor exceptions (to maintain backward compatibility), JScript is a full implementation of the ECMA standard.] So the .NET platform provides a common language framework, which is a huge benefit to script writers   ...more at url above...     << end excerpt     here is an article on the c# language: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/0900/csharp/csharp.asp   Rishi  

[REBOL] rebol weak points (i think) Re:(2)

2000-09-09 Thread rishi
va has packages and stuff...perhaps I am not thinking straight and have too much java in my blood (which I have been doing to much of lately and finally got sick of all the abstractions that got in the way of doing simple stuff!!) Rishi - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

[REBOL] rebol weak points (i think)

2000-09-09 Thread rishi
have to use "Math" before it in order to =access it.Perhaps I haven't studied the language in enough detail yet, but =wouldn't you all agree that this is a weakness in rebol? It doesn't seem =that well suited for modular based programming as is. Maybe I'm missing =something but I don't see why the author did it this way...Rishi

[REBOL] Why are there no PDA ports of REBOL available? Re:

2000-09-09 Thread rishi
iful OS. I can only hope...   Rishi

[REBOL] who invented rebol?

2000-08-27 Thread rishi
Hi. I'm curious who created Rebol. The rebol website claims Carl Sassenrath. But I've also read that Joe Marschall was the creator of Rebol (at least 1.x versions). Rishi