[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-17 Thread Tom Conlin
the 'Why' has to do with how numbers of different sizes are represented by machines. for regular everyday integers not far from zero the computer uses a fixed number of bits to represent it, independent of the number of bits required to express the number, typicaly 16,32 or 64 bits with 32

[REBOL] Re: Text Editors?

2002-05-17 Thread Boleslav Brezovsky
Hi Greg, I really appreciate that, but who knows, maybe you win next year too ;) At least, you're the HISTORICALLY FIRST WINNER OF RDC ;) bye, bolek -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gregg Irwin Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 6:41 PM To:

[REBOL] Difficult to find bug using new view beta

2002-05-17 Thread Anton
Hello people. This caused an error using new view beta: array [(2) 1] ** User Error: Integer size required ** Near: make error! Integer size required The solution was to reduce the block: array reduce [(2) 1] == [[none] [none]] Anton. -- To

[REBOL] Re: Adding 'alt-action to a text-list

2002-05-17 Thread Anton
You are going to have to patch text-list init block. If you do: print mold get in get-style 'text-list 'init you can see that there is only mention of action facet (stored in 'act). You need to copy the alt-action in a word (I suggest 'alt-act), and modify the engage function that you

[REBOL] File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-17 Thread Anton
Hello, I am interested to see the different file modes available on different platforms. I have tested on Windows2k and NT4. I need Linux, Amiga, Mac and any others. I would like you out there who have one of the above platforms to try the following code and report back with the result. save

[REBOL] Re: More about Sentences AMD (Associative Model of Data)

2002-05-17 Thread Andrew Martin
Mark wrote: Here's an academic site based in the uk that provides information and background to research into associative model of data and database research on which Lazysoft.com sentences is a current java implementation. here's the url http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/TriStarp/ I've been doing

[REBOL] Re: More about Sentences AMD (Associative Model of Data)

2002-05-17 Thread Andrew Martin
And the interesting fact that Tables, Objects, AI Frames and Triples are all equivalent, but that a Triple is easier to play with: Table: [ [Direction] Left ] Object: make object! [ Direction: Left ] Triples: [ #1 Direction Left ] CYC's system uses a Verb, noun,

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-17 Thread Carl Read
On 16-May-02, Volker Nitsch wrote: this large numbers are automatically converted to decimals. could be skip does not like that? skip [1 2 3] 2 == [3] skip [1 2 3] 2.0 == [1 2 3] bug, to feedback? Definately bugged... skip [1 2 3] 2 == [3] skip [1 2 3] 2.0 == [] That's with Amiga

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence - proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-17 Thread Carl Read
On 17-May-02, G. Scott Jones wrote: From: Carl Read I've thoughts about how to speed it up - will be testing them out. Great! Well, not so great, actually. The new version's faster, but not markedly so. Perhaps 30% faster going by the single test of a long list of random words I did,

[REBOL] Re: Graph Drawing /View Performance

2002-05-17 Thread Etienne ALAURENT
Hi, Gabriele yes, I have Holger's post about transparency. It's interesting. I tested some stuff, and it runs. But I would like some examples to understand in depth how to make a clean script. See you on elite. Gabriele Santilli wrote: Hi Etienne, On Sunday, May 12, 2002, 3:14:49 AM, you

[REBOL] Re: Internationalization appeal

2002-05-17 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi SunandaDH, On Thursday, May 16, 2002, 6:32:54 PM, you wrote: Sac 1. Some feedback on the requirements. Please take a look at the sample Sac functions below and tell me what is missing so it can work for your Sac country/locale. Just my 2 cents: what about handling it like

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-17 Thread Carl Read
On 17-May-02, Tom Conlin wrote: so I do not think it is a bug that skip returns nonsense when it gets nonsense but the doc could indicate non-integer numbers! are invalid as arguments. The datatype 'skip accepts is number!, not integer! ... ? skip USAGE: SKIP series offset

[REBOL] Re: Difficult to find bug using new view beta

2002-05-17 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Anton, This caused an error using new view beta: array [(2) 1] ** User Error: Integer size required ** Near: make error! Integer size required The solution was to reduce the block: I think that might be due to the new less agressive evaluation behavior RT has

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-17 Thread Carl Read
On 17-May-02, Anton wrote: Hello, I am interested to see the different file modes available on different platforms. I have tested on Windows2k and NT4. I need Linux, Amiga, Mac and any others. I would like you out there who have one of the above platforms to try the following code and

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-17 Thread Ammon Johnson
Hello Anton, I have an Amiga 2K available to me for which I will now download /View and /Core, Afterwards I will run some tests for you. If I had a Mac I would do that one to, but I don't so To the List: I think that we should get more participation from you guys when someone

[REBOL] Re: Obscure? You be the judge!

2002-05-17 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Freitag, 17. Mai 2002 13:58 schrieb Gabriele Santilli: Hi Romano, On Thursday, May 16, 2002, 2:25:41 PM, you wrote: RPT 2) new setword coming from spec added to the object context RPT (this should mean that Rebol is internally already able to add new words RPT to an existing context

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-17 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi, bug, to feedback? Definately bugged... Skip and others functions accept a number! datatype. I don't find any documentation about this datatype in Core. Where is it? Or it does not exist? --- Ciao Romano -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-17 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Carl, I reported mine Carl. Do you want me to report yours (2 vs 2.0) as well? --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence - proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-17 Thread G. Scott Jones
From: Carl Read The new version's faster, but not markedly so. Perhaps 30% faster going by the single test of a long list of random words I did, though it's still 7 or 8 times slower than REBOL's sort. Maybe if it was all done with parsing it'd be faster, but I'd have to re-think it all.

[REBOL] Re: Text Editors?

2002-05-17 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Freitag, 17. Mai 2002 08:44 schrieb Boleslav Brezovsky: Hi Greg, I really appreciate that, but who knows, maybe you win next year too ;) At least, you're the HISTORICALLY FIRST WINNER OF RDC ;) Congratulations, Greg! Hmm, when is the next Conest? bye, bolek -Original

[REBOL] Re: SKIP with *very* large values

2002-05-17 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Freitag, 17. Mai 2002 07:59 schrieb Carl Read: On 16-May-02, Volker Nitsch wrote: this large numbers are automatically converted to decimals. could be skip does not like that? skip [1 2 3] 2 == [3] skip [1 2 3] 2.0 == [1 2 3] bug, to feedback? Definately bugged...

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-17 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Anton, (I want to see which modes cannot be modified, if any.) I'm on W2K so I won't report, but the beta versions seem to, correctly, not return 'full-path with copy-modes. Prior versions returned it, which was wrong. --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to

[REBOL] Re: Hungarian Alphabet Sort (was Re: Collation sequence -proper and efficient sorting of national accented chars?)

2002-05-17 Thread Geza Lakner MD
Hello Scott In this case, the pattern has a bit more information: a=ábccsde=éfggyhi=í...zzs where a can be told to sort the same as a with acute, both of these sort before b ... and zs sorts after z Actually aá and eé ... more clearly aá and eé. In some relaxed situtations the equivalence

[REBOL] Re: REBOL momentum builds

2002-05-17 Thread Carl Read
On 17-May-02, Ingo Hohmann wrote: What about View/Pro features? Would be great to free(only at the same conditions you've written above) some (or even all?) of them...at least sound and library access interface. I think this will help to spread Rebol into wide area of applications and

[REBOL] Re: File-modes on different platforms

2002-05-17 Thread Etienne ALAURENT
Hi Anton, I tested your script and I got this : make object! [ code: 305 type: 'script id: 'invalid-arg arg1: 'status-change-date arg2: none arg3: none near: [set-modes file compose [ (to-set-word mode) (get-modes file mode) ]] where: 'do-boot

[REBOL] Re: More about Sentences AMD (Associative Model of Data)

2002-05-17 Thread Andrew Martin
Mark wrote: By also making the source verbs and targets a unique # issue! identity-string again we preserve the global namespace. Absolutely! :) What do you think? If you are interested I would like to explore this Associated Model of Data and a Sentences like system for REBOL more fully.