[REBOL] Re: REBOL/Contrib

2000-11-26 Thread Graham Chiu
Hi Jeff > > > What happened to the $50 weekly best contributed > script > > prize that was going a while ago :-) > > It was US$100, and it was only for a limited time. :) How about starting it again :-) > > > Also, I note that no new user scripts have been > published > > on rebol.

[REBOL] testing a Rebol application

2000-11-26 Thread Graham Chiu
Hi, Anyone interested in testing my Rebol application this thanksgiving weekend :-) It's an email to sms gateway. You have to be registered with www.mtnsms.com though. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line as cellphoneno-in-international-format mtnsms-password mtnsms-userid

[REBOL] Re: REBOL/Contrib

2000-11-26 Thread jeff
Howdy, Graham: > What happened to the $50 weekly best contributed script > prize that was going a while ago :-) It was US$100, and it was only for a limited time. :) > Also, I note that no new user scripts have been published > on rebol.com for a long while now. Work on REBOL

[REBOL] Re: Append/Restart not permitted

2000-11-26 Thread Tim Johnson
Thanks Holger: == I was hoping that you would respond. That is consitent with the fact that this works on other servers that I have tested. I'm glad to have your input! .. Is it possible that you could

[REBOL] Re: try fails to catch error

2000-11-26 Thread Thomas Jensen
Hello Graham, Seems to work here (Amiga version). Here's a sample REBOL session: REBOL/Core 2.3.0.1.1 22-Jun-2000 Copyright 2000 REBOL Technologies. All rights reserved. ## bademail: make email! "nospam" == nospam ## error? try [send bademail {testing}] == true ## print mold disarm try [send b

[REBOL] Orthogonality

2000-11-26 Thread Andrew Martin
> Orthogonality: A measure of how accurately a system's axes maintain a 90 degrees relationship among them Squareness. Everything works the same way no matter what combination is done. In real life a knife is used to cut with, a screwdriver is used to turn screws. In Rebol, 'insert puts things int

[REBOL] Re: help

2000-11-26 Thread jeff
In computing terms: 'Mutually independent; well separated; sometimes, irrelevant to. Used in a generalisation of its mathematical meaning to describe sets of primitives or capabilities that, like a vector basis in geometry, span the entire "capability space" of the system and are in some

[REBOL] Re: variable number of arguments

2000-11-26 Thread Larry Palmiter
Hi Andrew, Ladislav This example may help resolve the question in a direct fashion. We can use do/next to identify the first expression in a block. >> x: 1 y: 2 z: 3 == 3 >> do/next [do x y z] == [1 [y z]] This shows that the inner do consumed only one argument. >> take2: func [x y] ["hello"]

[REBOL] Re: Append/Restart not permitted

2000-11-26 Thread Holger Kruse
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 11:10:42AM -0900, Tim Johnson wrote: > Hi > > Write/append causes a failure when I attempt to append to a remote file. > > Full reads and writes are performed successfully: > > i.e. : > ;where blk is a block of test: > write/lines full-path blk ;executes successfully

[REBOL] FTP Write Error (Append/Restart not permitted)

2000-11-26 Thread Tim Johnson
Hi Write/append causes a failure when I attempt to append to a remote file. Full reads and writes are performed successfully: i.e. : ;where blk is a block of test: write/lines full-path blk ;executes successfully read/lines full-path ; works too! write/append full-path "this is a

[REBOL] Re: help

2000-11-26 Thread Erin Thomas
Orthogonality: A measure of how accurately a system's axes maintain a 90 degrees relationship among them Help me out here... Cheerfulness, EAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The concept involved is "orthogonality". > >

[REBOL] Re: variable number of arguments

2000-11-26 Thread Al . Bri
GC> Can a function have a variable number of arguments? AM> No. But you can simulate it, by using 'any-type! function specifiers and passing unset! as arguments. Better is to use refinements. LM> Yes, a function can have a variable number of arguments. Do is such a function, as e.g. in: take-

[REBOL] Re: try fails to catch error

2000-11-26 Thread Graham Chiu
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:59:26 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How about this: > > bademail: to-email "bogus" > > ERROR? try [send bademail "testing"] > > TRY by itself won't prevent the evaluation of the error, > but > ERROR? will. Oops, that was the only part of my script that didn't h

[REBOL] Re: REBOL/Contrib

2000-11-26 Thread Graham Chiu
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:50:46 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > o Volume of submissions has been low. Why?? > > Hi Jeff, What happened to the $50 weekly best contributed script prize that was going a while ago :-) Also, I note that no new user scripts have been published on rebol.com fo

[REBOL] Re: REBOL/Contrib

2000-11-26 Thread jeff
> > o Volume of submissions has been low. Why?? > > Too few time, too much to do... :-) Such is the state of life . . . > > Sensible enhancements to existing mezzanine functions > > will be likely accepted.This definitely includes > > existing protocols. > > I'd like to d

[REBOL] Re: try fails to catch error

2000-11-26 Thread jeff
Howdy, Graham: How about this: bademail: to-email "bogus" ERROR? try [send bademail "testing"] TRY by itself won't prevent the evaluation of the error, but ERROR? will. -jeff > > GC> bademail: make email! "nospam" > > > > GC> try [ send bademail {testing} ] > > > > GC> Fails in b

[REBOL] Re: help

2000-11-26 Thread jeff
The concept involved is "orthogonality". -jeff >Seems like it should work differently where files are > concerned. I mean, when would it be neccessary to allocate > space for a filenamewhen REBOL already doesit > internally? When would a file name ever be "that" long? >

[REBOL] Re: help

2000-11-26 Thread Erin Thomas
Seems like it should work differently where files are concerned. I mean, when would it be neccessary to allocate space for a file name when REBOL already does it internally? When would a file name ever be "that" long? Anyway, those are my thoughts. Cheerfulness,

[REBOL] Re: help

2000-11-26 Thread nop
What Ladislav says is correct, and this is _NOT_ a bug. This is a pretty fundamental aspect of how REBOL datatypes work. MAKE creates a new datatype and TO converts a datatye. MAKE file! 44 creates a new file! with room for 44 characters, which is very much like: MAKE string! 44

[REBOL] Re: Port checking and timers

2000-11-26 Thread Holger Kruse
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 12:24:07PM -0800, Larry Palmiter wrote: > Using Core 2.4.39.3.1 (the Windows version), it seems that now/time/precise > returns a time with a resolution of only 0.01 second, not microsecond or > even millisecond. Is there some way of obtaining the higher precisions > menti

[REBOL] Re: variable number of arguments

2000-11-26 Thread Al . Bri
Russell Yost pointed out: > As a rank amateur, couldn't a function handle a variable number of arguments if they >were "passed" in a single block? Of course. That's the best way of passing any number of arguments. You can also pass the multiple arguments as a string of characters as well if tha

[REBOL] Re: Port checking and timers

2000-11-26 Thread Larry Palmiter
Hi Holger > The resolution of the time! datatype is one nanosecond. To get > the current date/time with the highest possible resolution provided > by the operating system use now/precise (with current experimentals > only). If you only need the time, without the date, use now/precise/time. > > Th

[REBOL] Re: try fails to catch error

2000-11-26 Thread Graham Chiu
Hi Mat, > > GC> bademail: make email! "nospam" > > GC> try [ send bademail {testing} ] > > GC> Fails in both the current experimental and stable > versions > GC> of win32. > > Does that not depend on whether your relay accepted the > mail or not? > I think my point is that the try should al

[REBOL] Re: help on padding

2000-11-26 Thread Lorenz
No comments Pekr!! :o) --Lorenz - Original Message - From: "Petr Krenzelok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:08 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: help on padding > > - Original Message - > From: Mailbank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAI

[REBOL] Append/Restart not permitted

2000-11-26 Thread Tim Johnson
Hi Write/append causes a failure when I attempt to append to a remote file. Full reads and writes are performed successfully: i.e. : ;where blk is a block of test: write/lines full-path blk ;executes successfully read/lines full-path ; works too! write/append full-path "this is a

[REBOL] Re: Port checking and timers

2000-11-26 Thread Holger Kruse
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 07:12:56PM +, Mat Bettinson wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a rudimentary IRC bot working in Rebol. However it's all a > hideous kludge because the only way I've seen to check to see if a > port has data is to wait for it. > > Is there a more elegant way? Would empty? w

[REBOL] Re: try fails to catch error

2000-11-26 Thread Mat Bettinson
Heya Graham, GC> bademail: make email! "nospam" GC> try [ send bademail {testing} ] GC> Fails in both the current experimental and stable versions GC> of win32. Does that not depend on whether your relay accepted the mail or not? -- Mat Bettinson - EuroGamer's Gaming Evangelist with a Goatee

[REBOL] Port checking and timers

2000-11-26 Thread Mat Bettinson
Hello, I've got a rudimentary IRC bot working in Rebol. However it's all a hideous kludge because the only way I've seen to check to see if a port has data is to wait for it. Is there a more elegant way? Would empty? work on a low-level TCP port? Also, is there any built-in time type functions

[REBOL] Re: variable number of arguments

2000-11-26 Thread Russell Yost
As a rank amateur, couldn't a function handle a variable number of arguments if they were "passed" in a single block? Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Andrew Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: [REBOL]

[REBOL] try fails to catch error

2000-11-26 Thread Graham Chiu
I don't know if this is WAD, but try fails to catch this error: bademail: make email! "nospam" try [ send bademail {testing} ] Fails in both the current experimental and stable versions of win32. -- Graham Chiu -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

[REBOL] Re: variable number of arguments

2000-11-26 Thread Tim Johnson
Hello: I'm not sure where this thread started... but alternatively, one could have a function with a block as argument. With rebol's type? and length? native values, then the code block could really be designed to process any number of "pseudo-arguments" in the block. JMTCW tj -- To unsubscri

[REBOL] Re: Rebol and UDP

2000-11-26 Thread Petr Krenzelok
- Original Message - From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 1:30 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Rebol and UDP > #26-Nov-00# Message from *Petr Krenzelok*: > Hi Petr, > > > something about so called "half closed" connections. It's interesting - >

[REBOL] Re: Rebol and UDP

2000-11-26 Thread Chris
#26-Nov-00# Message from *Petr Krenzelok*: Hi Petr, > something about so called "half closed" connections. It's interesting - > although server closed connection, we were able to throw more data to it - > it was just ignored at the data processing level, or so it seems to me ... > confusion, conf

[REBOL] Re: help on padding

2000-11-26 Thread Petr Krenzelok
- Original Message - From: Mailbank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 1:38 PM Subject: [REBOL] help on padding > Using the function below I'd like to get a sequence of seven days > starting from a date entered by the user but don't understand w

[REBOL] Beta Expiration date

2000-11-26 Thread Philip Bevan
Hi Guys, Well the beta expiration date for view on Win98 is 30/11 any chance on a new release or an extension on the existing one?? Cheers Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] help on padding

2000-11-26 Thread Mailbank
Using the function below I'd like to get a sequence of seven days starting from a date entered by the user but don't understand why it does not work. Could you help me? Thanks --Carlos REBOL[] ; Joel Nelly's function zpad: func[n [number!] w[integer!] /local s][ s: to-string n if w > lengt

[REBOL] Re: Rebol and UDP

2000-11-26 Thread Petr Krenzelok
- Original Message - From: Holger Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 3:07 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Rebol and UDP > On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 02:31:13AM +0100, Petr Krenzelok wrote: > > REBOL > > would have to store packet identifiers in a bloc

[REBOL] Re: variable number of arguments

2000-11-26 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi, > Ladislav Mecir wrote: > > Andrew Martin wrote: > > > Graham Chiu wrote: > > > > > Can a function have a variable number of arguments? > > > > No. But you can simulate it, by using 'any-type! function specifiers and > passing unset! as arguments. Better is to use refinements. > > > Yes, a fu