[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-06 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Freitag, 7. November 2003 00:54 schrieb Ashley Trüter: > Hi Max, > > If this tool / methodology / mechanism can deliver the equivilant of a > CPAN to the REBOL world then I think that would be a good thing indeed. > > There are already a number of standards that folks adhere to, including: > >

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-06 Thread Volker Nitsch
Hi Maxim, Am Donnerstag, 6. November 2003 23:36 schrieb Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch: > Well, > > > I'm sort of scared of letting it out of the bag, but here is a complete > answer. > > > I'd like an OFFICIAL, community blessed library/module standard. > Thats there. download script to folder, do it.

[REBOL] REBOL hosting

2003-11-06 Thread Paul Tretter
Just wanted everyone to know we got a new hosting provider for REBOL cgi scripts. I must say I have been very pleased since I got with these guys. I didn't know these guys at all until I started with them and they have been great since. I really hope we show them our gratitude for their effor

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-06 Thread Andrew Martin
Max wrote: > I'd like an OFFICIAL, community blessed library/module standard. A lot of us are still waiting for Carl's module standard to arrive. I've given up on the idea of waiting, though I can see how useful it would be. Max, can you give an example of your proposed library module, please? P

[REBOL] Re: serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-06 Thread Ashley Trüter
Hi Max, If this tool / methodology / mechanism can deliver the equivilant of a CPAN to the REBOL world then I think that would be a good thing indeed. There are already a number of standards that folks adhere to, including: - word naming conventions - REBOL header usage - cod

[REBOL] serious proposition...WAS: RE: Standards

2003-11-06 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
Well, I'm sort of scared of letting it out of the bag, but here is a complete answer. I'd like an OFFICIAL, community blessed library/module standard. Some of you are aware of my idea, some have even tried the ancestor of the new tool, steel's open-library function... The new tool is an ob

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Andrew Martin
Joel wrote: > As for (2), it doesn't exists! I'm not trying to be pedantic here, but sincerely believe that one of the early steps to "getting" REBOL is to realize that e.g. THERE IS NO "IF" STATEMENT, but merely some functions (IF, IF/ELSE, EITHER) that take an argument of type [LOGIC! NONE!] an

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Bohdan or Rosemary Lechnowsky
Max, I also miss those days. It was quite a blessing to be able to take hard questions, try to figure out the answer myself, and if I really needed to I could walk into Carl's office (if his door was open) or one of the other developers and get a definitive answer. Sometimes, the question wa

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Ingo Hohmann
Hi Bo, Max, as much as I hate posts like my following ... I just _have_ to say it! Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch wrote: > WOW, that lifts the spirit... > > btw, I USED to say to other programmers that rebol had fantastic > support... I miss the days when you where there to answer all our > questions...

[REBOL] Re: Segmentation fault

2003-11-06 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi Arnoux > display_list: copy [[][][][][]] try copy/deep [[][][][][]] --- Ciao Romano -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
> -Original Message- > From: Joel Neely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [REBOL] Re: syntax across languages > > multitask-into-stress: func [word [word!] selves [block!]] [ > forever [ > foreach role s

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
> Would a (for example) Perl-to-REBOL cookbook be of enough value to > justify the (substantial) effort to produce it with > reasonable quality with any hobby, if that is what rebol is for you, the ROI comes from A: the fun/sense of accomplishement/use you have doing it on a personnal level or

[REBOL] Segmentation fault

2003-11-06 Thread Arnoux Vincent
Hi List, I run into a seg fault when I do the following : display_list: copy [[][][][][]] summary_file: read/lines %big_file job_selected: "My string" i: 0 foreach line summary_file [ probe i: (i + 1) tmp: parse probe line "" print "Test" if job

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
WOW, that lifts the spirit... btw, I USED to say to other programmers that rebol had fantastic support... I miss the days when you where there to answer all our questions... it rarely took more than a day, and sometimes those where hard questions... now I think this list is the main support li

[REBOL] Re: long read, sorry...

2003-11-06 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Trüter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 7:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [REBOL] Re: long read, sorry... > > > > Hi Max, > > I can see where you are coming from. One of the problems with > email as a > forum

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread bryan
>Does the attempt to provide a Berlitz-phrase-book mapping across really >different languages do more harm than good, or is it a reasonable foot >in the door for beginners? I think it's a reasonable gauge for beginners to estimate the usefulness of the language for different tasks. If I am famil

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Maarten... Maarten Koopmans wrote: > > Wow! You can do a > > bind 'word [ multiple values ] > > in your real life? > multitask-into-stress: func [word [word!] selves [block!]] [ forever [ foreach role selves [ do get in role word ] ] ] ; -) >

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Hi Joel, All the other questions are too hard, but... > With only a hint toward to the recent thread started by Petr, I have > to admit that there are many more things about REBOL to play with than > I have time for, there are many more ways to (try to) help REBOL grow > than I can fit in, and R

[REBOL] Re: Coffee break problem anyone?

2003-11-06 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Gabriele, parse [1 2 3][1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3] ... GS> Yes, but actually I never had to do something like that, so I GS> think it's not a big problem. Ladislav has proposed adding a GS> LITERAL keyword to PARSE to handle such a situation. Some kind of escape in parse rules might b

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ged, GB> That is excellent. It certainly does help. Great! GB> I'm particularly interested in your FSM dialect, is it GB> something you've published? I don't think I've published it here, or on REBOL.org, but I did put it on IOS so at least *some* others could look at it. IIRC, there wasn'

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Maarten, and all, There's a serious question at the end of all the yammering below! ;-) Maarten Koopmans wrote: >>came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" >>which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages >>including rebol. >>They are currently missing 120

[REBOL] Re: removing stuff from a file?

2003-11-06 Thread patrick.philipot
Hi Tom, You may have a look at the CookBook 41. http://www.rebol.net/cookbook/recipes/0041.html Regards Patrick - Original Message - From: "Tom Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: [REBOL] removing stuff from a file?

[REBOL] removing stuff from a file?

2003-11-06 Thread Tom Foster
Hi guys, There are a bunch of ways I'd like to manipulate a bunch of files. One way is by removing all

[REBOL] Re: Coffee break problem anyone?

2003-11-06 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Patrick, On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 6:44:28 PM, you wrote: >>> parse [1 2 3][1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3] ppln> == true ppln> Quite odd, isn't it ? Yes, but actually I never had to do something like that, so I think it's not a big problem. Ladislav has proposed adding a LITERAL keyword

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Ged Byrne
Gregg, That is excellent. It certainly does help. I'm particularly interested in your FSM dialect, is it something you've published? Thanks, Ged. --- Gregg Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For small data entry apps, I have a boilerplate > system and some other > toys to get si

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Bohdan or Rosemary Lechnowsky
Max, Wanted to let you know I am looking forward to Steel/Liquid/Glass when it is available. What stops me from looking into it right now is that I need to focus on tools that are completed that I can use in my business. Unfortunately, I have little to no free time to spend on other project

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Maarten Koopmans
> came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" > which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages > including rebol. > They are currently missing 120 syntax constructs for rebol. Most of them are available in REBOL but not in the comparison. If I only had time... >

[REBOL] Re: syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Tom, TC> came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" TC> which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages TC> including rebol. TC> They are currently missing 120 syntax constructs for rebol. Looks like it would be a real pain to contribute manually though. Have

[REBOL] Re: Formatting a display line

2003-11-06 Thread Bohdan or Rosemary Lechnowsky
Steven, OR, you could simply download my align.r function from the Rebol library: http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=align.r It has optional alignment (center, right, etc.) and is very easy to use. Have fun! Bohdan "Bo" Lechnowsky Lechnowsky Technical Consulting

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Mittwoch, 5. November 2003 21:50 schrieb Joel Neely: > Hi, Volker, > > > All of the above is more reason to use vim (or some other equivalent > editor) that does syntax coloring. Aaargh! How could i miss it! Yes, emacs does it too. Never checked what all this colors mean.. Thanks :) > -jn

[REBOL] syntax across languages

2003-11-06 Thread Tom Conlin
came accross an interesting site on "syntax across languages" which is soliciting help with constructs in various languages including rebol. They are currently missing 120 syntax constructs for rebol. http://merd.net/pixel/language-study/syntax-across-languages/ -- To unsubscribe from this lis

[REBOL] Re: Hitting the learning curve

2003-11-06 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ged, GB> I've stopped saying 'Wow,' and I'm starting to ask 'How.' What a great question! GB> The problem is that, given a blank piece of screen, GB> where do I begin when devising my own code to solve my GB> own problems. What is the starting point. GB> Different languages have their own