[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> REBOL - When one language just isn't enough. nice :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread A J Martin
REBOL - When one language just isn't enough. Andrew J Martin Speaking in tongues and performing miracles. ICQ: 26227169 http://www.rebol.it/Valley/ http://valley.orcon.net.nz/ http://Valley.150m.com/ -><- -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

[REBOL] REBOL/View 1.3 - invalid word datatype

2003-12-15 Thread rebOldes
Hello Carl, As you are preparing new build of Rebol, I would like to ask you, If it would be possible to change somehow handling of "invalid datatypes" As I'm working on a probably the largest known dialect using Rebol - the Rebol/Flash dialect ( http://oldes.multimedia.cz/swf/ ), I still feel v

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> With Rebol the one language does all of this. Rebol > handles the CGI, it describes the content and format > of the user interface. It describes how the interface > should react to user requests. The messages passed > between client and server are themselves dialects of > Rebol. > > This is b

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch
"data is more than just bits and bytes" "Elegance through simplicity" "Learn once, apply throughout" "it slices, it dices, now I'm learning it to do my coffee at 7h00 AM" "cause statements and variables are obsolete" -MAx --- "You can either be part of the problem or part of the solution, bu

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Ged Byrne
Hi Jason --- Jason Cunliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes but that is still also true for HTML, XSLT, > Perl, Python, PHP, Java, C, > etc.. > > - Jason It is true for a combination of these languages. For example, you may have PHP on the server emitting XML that then gets transformed to

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Ged et al After reading your post, I'd like to submit a couple more ideas: "The world needed more than just another 'programming' language" "It's all about communication" -- Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsub

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> What I was referring to was the distributed nature of > Rebol, the facts that it is designed for writing > applications that run on several computers. Yes but that is still also true for HTML, XSLT, Perl, Python, PHP, Java, C, etc.. - Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an ema

[REBOL] [REBOL.org] Recent changes

2003-12-15 Thread rebol
[REBOL] [REBOL.org] Recent changes This is an automatic email from REBOL.org, the REBOL Script Library to notify you of recent changes to the Library. ===changes=== substr.r --change: new script --title: Simple substring function - with the addition of error message to prevent 'none' s

[REBOL] Re: read directory

2003-12-15 Thread Tom Conlin
can't create a file & dir with the same name in the same place on solaris On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Anton Rolls wrote: > > I am starting to wonder now. > Has anybody seen this? > > Anton. > > > Hi Anton, > > > > AR> you can't have a dir and a file with same name. > > > > Under Windows that may be

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Ged Byrne
I'm wasn't referring to the availability of Rebol on different platforms. What I was referring to was the distributed nature of Rebol, the facts that it is designed for writing applications that run on several computers. "REBOL was designed to solve one of the fundamental problems in computing:

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Cunliffe
- Rebol fixes boredom and conformity.. - Rebol because its different and fun - Rebol fixes itself :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Jason Cunliffe
- Because Life is a dream and everythind and all Data is a stream - ODTAA: one damn thing after another. Rebol serializes Data by default. - Rebol - the Killer Serial App -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: Guru's please help improve ROT13 algorithm !

2003-12-15 Thread Arie van Wingerden
Hi guys, thanks a lot for all the comments and the debate that followed. I think that things have been put into a better perspective now :-) Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Arie van Wingerden http://home.zonnet.nl/rebolution - Original Message - From: Joel Neely

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Ged, Ged Byrne wrote: > > Because every other language is trapped on just one computer. > Let's be fair. There are MANY languages that are highly portable in today's world: Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, and a whole slew of open-source efforts. And we're still waiting for the MacOS/X version

[REBOL] Re: What does REBOL fix?

2003-12-15 Thread Ged Byrne
--- Gregg Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sunanda, > > Sac> Can we find a snappy one-liner? > Because every other language is trapped on just one computer. BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online tod

[REBOL] Re: rot13

2003-12-15 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Julian, thank you for taking time to discuss the things. Some opinions are well informed: >First, to be fair, some things I like about rebol: > > - very obvious influence from both lisp and forth, both of which are > interesting, complementary languages. (this covers a lot of aspects >

[REBOL] Re: read directory

2003-12-15 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Anton Rolls napsal(a): >I am starting to wonder now. >Has anybody seen this? > >Anton. > > I am curious too >>AR> you can't have a dir and a file with same name. >> >> I wrote some time ago, that I was convinced the above statement would be true for all known OSes. >>Under Windows that

[REBOL] Re: rot13

2003-12-15 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Julian, Thanks so much for chiming in here! JS> - no open source compiler for the language... R# is an open source effort that has been started in that regard. JS> - a lot of things seem magic... That's one of the things I like about it. :) I gravitate towards "human friendly" of langua