[REBOL] System Port Trap Example

2002-10-12 Thread Carl at REBOL
Here is a short script that uses the REBOL system-port to intercept "shutdown" types of interrupts from various operating systems. Why? For example, you would want to do this if you had a REBOL server process on Linux that has internal state. You may want the chance to write out information to fi

[REBOL] Introducing REBOL/Base - FAQ

2002-09-28 Thread Carl at REBOL
For those of you who are interested in trying new REBOL kernels... here's something to test out. It's the Alpha release of REBOL/Base. Q: What is REBOL/Base? A: REBOL/Base is a reduction of REBOL/Core trimmed down to the essential native and mezzanine functions and schemes. All protocols, help

[REBOL] List Glitches

2002-09-25 Thread Carl at REBOL
We had minor glitch in this list server. Should be fine now, but keep your eyes open. -Carl -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] REBOL FAQ updated

2002-09-12 Thread Carl at REBOL
The REBOL Language FAQ is alive again. Check it out at http://www.rebol.com/faq.html. Now that the FAQ is stored in REBOL format, it will get updated more often. -Carl -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quo

[REBOL] Re: Sort in REBOL

2002-09-10 Thread Carl at REBOL
Yes, sorry, I oversimplified it for the email... Normally the data would be such that you would use a /skip/all combination. You are correct. Here's a better example: data: [ abc ["name" 123] def ["fred" 345] ] sort/skip/compare/all data 2 func [a b] [a/2/1 < b/2/1] At 9/8/02 03:05 PM +0200, y

[REBOL] More on PREBOL

2002-09-07 Thread Carl at REBOL
More info on REBOL Preprocessor: http://www.rebol.com/docs/prebol.html -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.

[REBOL] Sort in REBOL

2002-09-07 Thread Carl at REBOL
Noticed the thread on SORT, but I don't have time to read it all. A few notes: 1) SORT in recent versions of REBOL is much more reliable. It is also quite fast, but that depends on what you're sorting and the function you use for comparison. We use it all the time. 2) If you want a stable sort,

[REBOL] Re: encap and build.r

2002-08-30 Thread Carl at REBOL
Ashley, We have a handy program that we use for building REBOL distributions. It's a sort of REBOL preprocessor. In addition to include files, it also allows you to write macro functions in REBOL. For instance, if you want to auto update your version number, it can do that. I'll take a few minut

[REBOL] Core Guide Update - Minor Changes

2002-08-09 Thread Carl at REBOL
The REBOL/Core Guide at http://www.rebol.com/docs/core23/rebolcore.html has had some minor changes, including eliminating bad links and adding newer version change docs to the table of contents. Also, Chapter 6 and 11 have been converted and reformatted with makedoc.r. I would very much apprec

[REBOL] About REBOL OSX...

2002-08-04 Thread Carl at REBOL
Regarding REBOL on OSX: Yes! We are very interested in supporting OSX better! Problem is, we need more information from someone who is an OSX developer (with regard to how to upgrade our developer release and tools.) During our office move back in Jan, we lost track of the OSX developer informa

[REBOL] REBOL/Core 2.5.3 Released

2002-08-02 Thread Carl at REBOL
A new REBOL/Core has been released for testing purposes. Check out the list of changes and find out where to get it at: http://www.reboltech.com/downloads/changes.html Some of the changes include: MAKE-DIR Rewritten New Bitset Functions: CLEAR, LENGTH?, EMPTY? Changes to SKI

[REBOL] I've had it with email.

2002-07-28 Thread Carl at REBOL
Hello fellow REBOLers, [flame: on] Email has become useless to me. After 24 years of email, I think I'm qualified say that the situation with spam has recently grown totally out of hand. Each month I add ever more email filters to keep my email useful. Currently, there are over 300 filters pr