[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Behrang, BS> According to the messages sent to the list I learned BS> that REBOL is not OO. But it doesn't look to be BS> procedural or something else too. Isn't it an instance BS> of a new yet to be named paradigm?? RT calls it a "messaging" language. My favorite definition is that it's "des

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Behrang, BS> In the section about the tuples in quickstart it's not BS> stated that a tuple must at least have 3 elements. And they can have up to 10 elements. BS> So I said to myself "there should be some ambiguity BS> between decimals and tuples" although I was sure that BS> I'm wrong. Le

[REBOL] Re: Alternate GUI

2004-01-12 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Matt, MM> ...if there is a way to use an alternate GUI designer, such as Visual MM> Basic or C++ and have it access some underlying REBOL functionality. I know MM> that using /view/pro you can access C++ classes and libraries, but what I MM> want to do is kindof backwards to that. Any inpu

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Behrang Saeedzadeh
Hi The Docs and Tutorials are awesome compared to many other languages/tools/compilers docs but are very informal. In the section about the tuples in quickstart it's not stated that a tuple must at least have 3 elements. So I said to myself "there should be some ambiguity between decimals and tu

[REBOL] Re: Oneline FTP Probelm

2004-01-12 Thread Behrang Saeedzadeh
Hi Volker > Yes, the example is misleading. you need the full > filename for target. > write/binary > ftp://xxx:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/wwwdocs/behrangsa.png > read/binary %behrangsa.png > should work. > and if behind firewall system/schemes/ftp/passive: > true Thanks. It worked. Behrang. _

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Cybarite
It is easy to find somethings out from the console: type? 1.1 type? 1.1.2 If it is an object then you can probe it to find out information: a: make object! [b: "test" c: 12 d: 1.87] probe a probe a/d type? a/d -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
You were right Ashley, REBOL needs at least 3 components. I never tried before but it seemed to be so natural ... in fact REBOL fooled me this time but I will remember the lesson Next time I will try before submitting my answer! Regards, Gerard - Original Message - From: "Ashley Trüter"

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi again, Without knowing much I think 1.1 is a decimal but nevertheless it can be used for both datatypes. However you'll have to use the 'to-tuple word to ask REBOL to convert the decimal to the second one as is : my-tuple: to-tuple 1.1 print type? my-tuple May be others can help better,

[REBOL] Re: Oneline FTP Probelm

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi, I would first try putting a filename after the Folder name or put a terminating / to specify REBOL wwwdocs is a folder name (by convention I think REBOL is waiting for a / after a folder name) HTH, Gerard - Original Message - From: "Behrang Saeedzadeh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EM

[REBOL] Re: Oneline FTP Probelm

2004-01-12 Thread A J Martin
Behrang S. wrote: > In the oneliners section I saw the following code snippet for transferring a file via ftp protocol: > > write/binary ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > read/binary %file > > I have a file called behrangsa.png (I have copied it to the view directory) and I want to send it to the mac

[REBOL] Re: Cookbook submissions idea

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Cunliffe
"Petr Krenzelok" wrote: > sorry to snip your whole talk about Vanilla. While Vanilla or Wiki, > whatever may be nice design to study, I think you overestimate its > usefullness for Rebol. I am sorry to very strongly back-up Robert's pov, > but I can bet that if free version of IOS like sync mecha

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread A J Martin
Behrang wrote: > Is, for example, 1.1 a tuple or a decimal? Let's ask Rebol: >> type? 1.1 == decimal! According to Rebol, 1.1 is a decimal value. -- Andrew J Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://www.rebol.it/Valley/ http://valley.orcon.net.nz/ http://Valley.150m.com/ -><- -- To unsubscribe from this l

[REBOL] Re: Temporal data [was is REBOL OO]

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Sunanda, you wrote this : == > The other thing that is vital with this sort of application is not just > availability checking (have we got what they've asked for?) but also the automatic > offering of alternatives. > > In your example, the system should automatically offer these sort

[REBOL] Re: Oneline FTP Probelm

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Dienstag 13 Januar 2004 01:21 schrieb Behrang Saeedzadeh: > Hi > > In the oneliners section I saw the following code > snippet for transferring a file via ftp protocol: > > write/binary ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > read/binary %file > > I have a file called behrangsa.png (I have copied it > t

[REBOL] Re: Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Ashley Trüter
> Is, for example, 1.1 a tuple or a decimal? Decimal, a tuple must have at least three components. Perhaps pair! is what you want? ;) Regards, Ashley -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Tuples versus Deciamls

2004-01-12 Thread Behrang Saeedzadeh
Hi Is, for example, 1.1 a tuple or a decimal? Thanks. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubsc

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Behrang Saeedzadeh
Hi > JC> ...whether it behaves differently or if its > sytnax is consistent > JC> or not with their expectations and the parent > language. > > People don't have to know that a dialect has a > "parent language". > What's important is that all the similarities you > *can* leverage with > embedded

[REBOL] Oneline FTP Probelm

2004-01-12 Thread Behrang Saeedzadeh
Hi In the oneliners section I saw the following code snippet for transferring a file via ftp protocol: write/binary ftp://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] read/binary %file I have a file called behrangsa.png (I have copied it to the view directory) and I want to send it to the machine where my site is ho

[REBOL] Re: Cookbook submissions idea

2004-01-12 Thread Petr Krenzelok
Jason Cunliffe wrote: >Hi Gerard > > > >>I didn't find any info about this REBOLDOC project on Robert's website >> >> >(Saw an > > >>OpenDOC entry but nothing else) >> >> > >...perhaps this explains >http://www.rebol.net/list/list-msgs/30437.html > >Regarding Vanilla. First, good idea

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Andreas Bolka
Monday, January 12, 2004, 2:35:51 PM, Romano wrote: >> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is REBOL Object Oriented? > Yes, like Self: > http://research.sun.com/self/language.html Or maybe rather not like Self as REBOL misses Self's crucial capability for inheritance (Self's parent slots).

[REBOL] Re: Alternate GUI

2004-01-12 Thread A J Martin
Matt wrote: > I want to know is, because REBOL is so good at what it does (internet communication, encryption, database access, etc.) but the GUI of /view is lacking, if there is a way to use an alternate GUI designer, such as Visual Basic or C++ and have it access some underlying REBOL functional

[REBOL] Re: Cookbook submissions idea

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Hi Gerard > I didn't find any info about this REBOLDOC project on Robert's website (Saw an > OpenDOC entry but nothing else) ...perhaps this explains http://www.rebol.net/list/list-msgs/30437.html Regarding Vanilla. First, good idea to post Vanilla questions to the dedicated list "vanilla-puddi

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread A J Martin
Jason wrote: > Generally dialects and local uses of parse seem to emerge from some direct need. Some job grows really repetitious or lengthy. So a dialect can help simplify the code keep focus to the task at hand. I agree. I had the need to generate lots of HTML, and I couldn't bear the thought o

[REBOL] Temporal data [was is REBOL OO]

2004-01-12 Thread SunandaDH
HI Gerard, > Just to give you an idea of the involved difficulties, imagine > a customer that phones at the arena and want to know if > he can take a reservation one time each week for the next > 12 weeks preferably during the wednesday evenings. > This should not be of a real problem if the 12 w

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread A J Martin
> JC> Designing Rebol dialects is not easy. > > Agreed 100%. > > Good post. Every time dialects come up this way, it makes me think, and re-think, how I want to explain them to people, why I think they're important, etc. So, thanks! I totally agree. I keep revising my dialects to better fit the d

[REBOL] Alternate GUI

2004-01-12 Thread Matt MacDonald
This is sort of a late addendum to the post about REBOL being behind. What I want to know is, because REBOL is so good at what it does (internet communication, encryption, database access, etc.) but the GUI of /view is lacking, if there is a way to use an alternate GUI designer, such as Visual

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Hi Gerard > http://www.vydra.net/esl/paper/ Thanks I'll look into it. > May be someone has yet to write the ultimate book that will permit every programmer that wants to do some steps in this way to be > able to do so ... by itself - as easily as it can be done ! There is no 'ultimate' - just

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Jason, After your Jabber ref. I went to their main site and will probably try it soon just to see how it works for real exchanging. I also got another ref. that could be of some interest to you about extensible scripting languages (ESL) http://www.vydra.net/esl/paper/ . Found this one from

[REBOL] Re: ML for Jabber ?

2004-01-12 Thread A J Martin
Jason wrote: > Where to get ML and what do I need to do know to get started to using it? I've sent a reply to you directly, containing all you need, along with a copy for Gerard. -- Andrew J Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://www.rebol.it/Valley/ http://valley.orcon.net.nz/ http://Valley.150m.com/ ->

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Volker and Gabriele, for your help. I'll try to experiment with that too in my own context ! Regards, Gerard > VN> How about [ call/output "rebol --cgi script.r" ] ? should write to output? > > Hmm, -c does not work in a MS-DOS window, but does with > CALL/OUTPUT. That's good to

[REBOL] Re: can't connect to AltME ....

2004-01-12 Thread Carlos Lorenz
It's ok here Carlos Em Dom 11 Jan 2004 15:57, you wrote: > Hi, > > last two days I am not able to connect to AltME properly. It worked > yesterday in the evening, but is not working whole day today once again. > Anyone else got problems connecting to AltME? > > thanks, > -pekr- -- To unsubscri

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Joel, Joel wrote: ... > Answering this modified question would require addressing some > of the following issues: > > 1) REBOL is a dynamically-typed language. This is familiar > territory if you are used to Smalltalk, Python, or Perl; > It may take some adjustment if y

[REBOL] Re: CGI problem

2004-01-12 Thread Carlos Lorenz
ZikZak, What flavor of REBOL are you using for programming CGI? REBOL/Core? Carlos Em Dom 11 Jan 2004 17:09, you wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a beginner with Rebol and im' trying to test the cgi of the tutorial : > > #!/www/cgi/rebol -c > REBOL [Title: "Server Time"] > print "content-type: text/html^/"

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Cunliffe
> I hope many of my posts recently appear too critical or negative lately. arggh sorry bad edit type -- that should be: "I hope many of my posts recently DON'T appear too critical or negative lately." -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Jason, Just some comments, not criticisms, just my perspective. JC> ...rebol dialects really have not been tested and used my large JC> numbers of people in complex apps, so we donlt know yet the JC> deeper implications of using them. As Gabriele said, Domain Specific Languages are definite

[REBOL] [REBOL.org] Recent changes

2004-01-12 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=== gen-syntx.r --change: new script --title: generate syntx line-intersection-demo.r --change: new script --title: Line Inter

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Jason Cunliffe
Volker wrote: ...snip... > The more complex lacks teaching. And dialects lacks experience which teaching > too. It seems stuff like the cookbook works better than traditional bibles. ..snip.. Wow. Great reply. Volker thank you. I need more time to absorb. When I say that Rebol is more write-abl

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Gabriele, Gabriele wrote: == > GC> 2. The Call/output doesn't seem to create and fill the > GC> expected file with the results outputted when used - an empty > GC> file is created > GC> and nothing else. > > CALL/OUTPUT actually works correctly on Windows. You can also > redirect

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Volker, - Original Message - Volker Wrote: > > call/output "E:\Installation de logiciel\REBOL\View 1.3 - Betas > > testing\rebview1224031.exe -s xcode.r" %results.txt print read %results.txt > > first look: can you check for whitespace-handling? i would expect you need "" > arou

[REBOL] Re: What else don't I know

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Petr - Original Message - Petr wrote: > yes, we did it that way - start /wait . do not remember if console > window stays open or not though ... try to run console ("cmd" command > under W2K/XP and type "start /?" for help - you will find some nice > functions parameters ther

[REBOL] Re: What else don't I know

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Volker, Thanks for the many suggestions you offered. I had already thought about the first one but I forgot in the process. For being able to keep up with the second one I will have to learn a bit more about View and DIV but it seems like the best way to go at first sight. I also see an int

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Gerard Cote
Hi Petr, IIRC I already tested it and saw no difference. But I'll try the many suggestions Volker offered me and I'll come back soon. Thanks, Gerard - Original Message - From: "Petr Krenzelok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:11 AM Subject: [

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Volker, On Monday, January 12, 2004, 4:27:37 PM, you wrote: VN> How about [ call/output "rebol --cgi script.r" ] ? should write to output? Hmm, -c does not work in a MS-DOS window, but does with CALL/OUTPUT. That's good to know. :-) >> call/output {rebol.exe -c --do "print 'hello

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Montag 12 Januar 2004 11:52 schrieb Gabriele Santilli: > Hi Gerard, > > REBOL does not send output to STDOUT on Windows, so CALL/OUTPUT on > REBOL itself isn't useful. > How about [ call/output "rebol --cgi script.r" ] ? should write to output? > > Regards, >Gabriele. -Volker -- To un

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Sonntag 11 Januar 2004 22:56 schrieb Jason Cunliffe: > > function. There is much more to using it than meets the eye. And I > > believe not yet enough examples or use of dialects for most people to > > understand > > yet > > > the long-term implication of the idea or how well this works in real

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Joel Neely
Hi, Behrang, Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote: > > ... is REBOL Object Oriented? > As you can tell from the variety of responses, the question is a bit tricky to handle. Unfortunately, the phrase "object oriented" has been siezed on by marketers, reporters, comp sci researchers, methodologists, consu

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Romano Paolo Tenca
Hi, > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is REBOL > Object Oriented? Yes, like Self: http://research.sun.com/self/language.html --- Ciao Romano -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.

[REBOL] Re: ML for Jabber ?

2004-01-12 Thread bryan
Assuming that you have a jabber server, running on port 5222 installed on a server named APACHES you can get to it over telnet and send the following: this will return notice that these are not well formed xml streams, they become well formed when you close the streams by sending at which

[REBOL] Re: Menu Bars and Tool Bars

2004-01-12 Thread Cybarite
There were two bits of work to make a Win95 look and feel One by Frank at his FX5 site. I think his code is now "offline". And the other by Doc Kimble. Here is the quote from the REBOL site http://www.rebol.com/pre-view.html {Windows 95 Skin Size: 28 KB (multiple files) We were totally blo

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Gerard, On Sunday, January 11, 2004, 10:48:35 PM, you wrote: GC> 2. The Call/output doesn't seem to create and fill the GC> expected file with the results outputted when used - an empty GC> file is created GC> and nothing else. CALL/OUTPUT actually works correctly on Windows. You can al

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Sonntag 11 Januar 2004 22:48 schrieb Gerard Cote: > Hi list, > call/output "E:\Installation de logiciel\REBOL\View 1.3 - Betas > testing\rebview1224031.exe -s xcode.r" %results.txt print read %results.txt first look: can you check for whitespace-handling? i would expect you need "" around th

[REBOL] Re: CGI problem

2004-01-12 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi ZikZak, On Sunday, January 11, 2004, 8:09:51 PM, you wrote: Z> Can you explain to me where is the problem ? As Andrew said, you should use Core and not View. But not because View needs installation, rather that error means that View can't connect to the X server (that is, you don't ge

[REBOL] Re: What else don't I know

2004-01-12 Thread Petr Krenzelok
Volker Nitsch wrote: >Am Samstag 10 Januar 2004 23:46 schrieb Gerard Cote: > > >>Hi Volker, >> >>Since I saw your name on the discussion about the CALL mechanism included >>in View, can you tell me if it will be possible to permit under Windows >>that a DOS execution Window to stay open after t

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Sonntag 11 Januar 2004 18:52 schrieb Behrang Saeedzadeh: > Hi > > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is REBOL > Object Oriented? > i would call it OE, object enabled. its harder to use than "native" rebol. that is, its as hard as OO-only ;) when comming from OO, i would say: patterns are

[REBOL] Re: Menu Bars and Tool Bars

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Hi Behrang, Am Sonntag 11 Januar 2004 12:20 schrieb Behrang Saeedzadeh: > Hi > > I'm a Java developer and a REBOL beginner. I just > wanted to know how can I add menu bars and tool bars > to a REBOL view. > > Thanks. > This looks ugly, but quick to code and works like menues and toolbars. (if yo

[REBOL] Re: What else don't I know

2004-01-12 Thread Volker Nitsch
Am Samstag 10 Januar 2004 23:46 schrieb Gerard Cote: > Hi Volker, > > Since I saw your name on the discussion about the CALL mechanism included > in View, can you tell me if it will be possible to permit under Windows > that a DOS execution Window to stay open after the launched command exec is >

[REBOL] Re: SHELL cmd exec using CALL in View 1.3

2004-01-12 Thread Petr Krenzelok
Gerard Cote wrote: >Oups! I forgot to join the entire file as a reference to those interested. >Here it is. > >Regards, >Gerard > >P.S. I also looked back to the REBOL Command SHELL interface (Official Docs) and it >seems that one way to let REBOL do leave an >executed console window opened wou

[REBOL] Re: Is Rebol OO?

2004-01-12 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Jason, On Sunday, January 11, 2004, 10:56:22 PM, you wrote: JC> I was not trolling. And I am certainly not against dialects. Simply stating JC> the situation as I see it - rebol dialects really have not been tested and JC> used my large numbers of people in complex apps, so we donlt know yet