[REBOL] Re: The big idea of Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread Robbo1Mark
Carl Read wrote, >> OR REBOL = everything! is! a! datatype! to which we could say WHILE [ REBOL = everything! is! a! datatype! ] [ (= Lisp (AND (everything is a list) (everything is a datatype) (loadsa irritating silly parentheses)))] Deep Thought>> EQUAL? Everything is Cellular Automata TR

[REBOL] Problem - 4096 byte limit on POST from browser

2002-06-02 Thread Andrew Martin
Hi! I've got a problem with Rebol running as a CGI process. Rebol seems to be limited to a maximum of 4096 bytes received from a browser's POST request of a edit text area through the server. I'd like to receive around 30,000 bytes of text from the edit box. Has anyone got suggestions I could try

[REBOL] Re: Rebol & Linux

2002-06-02 Thread Laurence Giddings
Win95 at work Previously Win2000 at home, I am running MacOS/X now and waiting waiting waiting for RT to release view for it, like a few other people I know :) regards Laurence On Sunday, June 2, 2002, at 11:54 , pat665 wrote: > Hi rebollers, > > I am just curious what system is used by

[REBOL] Re: The big idea of Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread Carl Read
On 03-Jun-02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Andrew, > IF lisp = (everything is a list) THEN REBOL = [ Everything is a > Block! ] ELSE it's all about Symbolic Expressions and Syntatic > Sugar OR maybe REBOL = everything! is! a! datatype! OR if NOT ? > ELSE disagree? PS: Everything is a cellular

[REBOL] Re: Rebol & Linux

2002-06-02 Thread Rod Gaither
>> I am just curious what system is used by the rebol community. I was a >> Windows guy, and I am "starting a new life" with Linux. > > Win95 at work > Win2000 and RedHat7.2 at home > MacOS/X if RT ever release view for it (Wintel boxes are really noisy > once > you remove the background noise!)

[REBOL] Re: Rebol & Linux

2002-06-02 Thread atruter
> I am just curious what system is used by the rebol community. I was a > Windows guy, and I am "starting a new life" with Linux. Win95 at work Win2000 and RedHat7.2 at home MacOS/X if RT ever release view for it (Wintel boxes are really noisy once you remove the background noise!) Regards,

[REBOL] Re: The big idea of Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread PhiHo Hoang
> Everything is a dialect. I like this idea. How about a 'Joy' dialect: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/philosophy/phimvt/joy.html Cheers, PhiHo. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andrew Martin Sent: Saturday

[REBOL] Re: CASTRO (was: Will this mail arrive?)

2002-06-02 Thread atruter
Actually it depends on the platform I think. >> system/version == 1.2.1.3.1 >> make-dir %test/ == %test/ >> write %testfile "Test" >> rename %testfile %test/testfile >> read %testfile ** Access Error: Cannot open /C/rebol/Script/testfile ** Where: halt-view ** Near: read %testfile >> read %test

[REBOL] Re: The big idea of Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread Robbo1Mark
Andrew, IF lisp = (everything is a list) THEN REBOL = [ Everything is a Block! ] ELSE it's all about Symbolic Expressions and Syntatic Sugar ELSE disagree? curious, Mark Dickson -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject,

[REBOL] Linux CGI problem

2002-06-02 Thread pat665
Hi rebollers, I am trying to run a very simple CGI script with Apache 1.3.23 under Linux. 1. This script starts with the following two lines #!/home/pat665/core/rebol -cs rebol [] 2. The script is called from 192.168.1.52 under IE (Windows machine) with http://192.168.1.51/cgi-bin/cgi-hw.cgi

[REBOL] Re: The big idea of Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread Geza Lakner MD
Hello Andrew, >> > Everything is a dialect. > It was my Zen Moment from 1/June/2002. > Other big ideas are: > LISP: Everything is a list. Everything is an object (should be communicated purely by messages): Smalltalk. Although it is not a typed language, its interactive graphic environment (ful

[REBOL] Re: Rebol crashes reading NASDAQ symbol file

2002-06-02 Thread David den Haring
Yes, using the /direct refinement works. I still don't like the totally ungraceful crash of the Rebol interpreter without this refinement. In software, though, having a workaround is the next best thing. Thanks, Ashley, Gregg and Andrew for your help! David. -Original Message- From: [E

[REBOL] Re: Rebol & Linux

2002-06-02 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> I am just curious what system is used by the rebol community. I was a > Windows guy, and I am "starting a new life" with Linux. > > So which is yours ? server: RedHat 7.2 laptop: Win98 -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the sub

[REBOL] End/Home key in console mode (Linux)

2002-06-02 Thread pat665
Hi, A small but annoying problem in console mode under Linux (Mandrake 8.2). I am in the View console. - the End key do not work, it displays [8~ - the Home key do not work, it displays [7~ Both keys are working correctly inside the Rebol editor. I am using a french keyboard. Patrick _

[REBOL] Re: Rebol & Linux

2002-06-02 Thread Anton
I am still running Windows 2k, but plan to shift over to linux at an appropriate moment. (Probably the next major hard disk crash.) Rebol Technology tend to release their latest beta offerings on windows first, and linux a close second. Anton. > Hi rebollers, > > I am just curious what system i

[REBOL] Re: Bug! Duplicate refinemets aren't checked

2002-06-02 Thread Anton
You mean like this? f: func [/test a][print a] f/test/test 1 2 ; == 2 Anton. > I don't see this one as a bug. I see it as useful for construction of > dynamic > function calls from sequentially updated (or appended data). This > behaviour > (last in always wins) > is al

[REBOL] Rebol & Linux

2002-06-02 Thread pat665
Hi rebollers, I am just curious what system is used by the rebol community. I was a Windows guy, and I am "starting a new life" with Linux. So which is yours ? Patrick PS: Some will notice that this message is send from Windows because I am still fighting with PPP but I hope to read yours answ

[REBOL] Re: view-linux

2002-06-02 Thread pat665
Hi Adrian, Yes my problem is fixed. I have re-installed both Linux and Rebol and the problem is gone. I think my *BIG* mistake was to install Rebol as a root which is a typical newbie mistake. Patrick - Original Message - From: "Adrian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent:

[REBOL] Re: Editors for Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> SciTE: > http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html > seems to be an interesting editor. Doesn't seem to have a special mode > for Rebol language, though. But it does know how to match Rebol's blocks []. Yes it's nice. Python uses it for several default packages. http://www.scintil

[REBOL] Re: Bug! Duplicate refinemets aren't checked

2002-06-02 Thread Allen Kamp
- Original Message - From: "Andrew Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 4:56 PM Subject: [REBOL] Bug! Duplicate refinemets aren't checked > Bug! Duplicate function refinemets aren't checked. > > >> f: func [/base /test arg [string!]] [print ["a

[REBOL] Re: Bug! Duplicate refinemets aren't checked

2002-06-02 Thread Andrew Martin
Anton wrote: > Was it a bad bug for you? No. Just a bit disturbing. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/ -><- -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Editors for Rebol

2002-06-02 Thread Andrew Martin
SciTE: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html seems to be an interesting editor. Doesn't seem to have a special mode for Rebol language, though. But it does know how to match Rebol's blocks []. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/ -><- -- To unsubscribe from thi

[REBOL] Re: view-linux

2002-06-02 Thread Bohdan R. Rau
On Jun 01 at 20:46 Gerard Cote wrote: > as an old Unix user I suppose you simply have to get the exec privileges - > inside a particular group or as any other user of the system or else to > become the new owner of the rebol executable. [cut] > Hope it will help you to start in this vast new wor

[REBOL] Re: Bug! Duplicate refinemets aren't checked

2002-06-02 Thread Anton
That's the same in the previous release (REBOL/View 1.2.1.3.1 21-Jun-2001) abd in the latest beta (REBOL/View 1.2.5.3.1 6-May-2002) Should submit it to feedback. Was it a bad bug for you? Anton. > Bug! Duplicate function refinemets aren't checked. > > >> f: func [/base /test arg [string!]]

[REBOL] Bug! Duplicate refinemets aren't checked

2002-06-02 Thread Andrew Martin
Bug! Duplicate function refinemets aren't checked. >> f: func [/base /test arg [string!]] [print ["arg:" arg]] >> f/test/test "123" "test" arg: test >> f/test/test "123" ** Script Error: f expected arg argument of type: string ** Near: f/test/test "123" Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://valley