[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-13 Thread Christopher Dicely
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If the two Rebol programs can't communicate > directly, > > have them write to a .TXT file, and the other > would look > > for keywords do do something, write something else > to > > the file, etc,etc. > > > > I have tried and used Rebol

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-13 Thread Christopher Dicely
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think their special $49 pricing on View/Pro is > gone, so it might be $99 > > now, but still not an outrageous fee if you need > those features. > > > > --Gregg > > > > However... in this mailing-list many people ask to > Carl to make > fr

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > If the two Rebol programs can't communicate directly, > have them write to a .TXT file, and the other would look > for keywords do do something, write something else to > the file, etc,etc. > > I have tried and used Rebol for about 2 years now (at least, > it seems like 2 years... I first star

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I think their special $49 pricing on View/Pro is gone, so it might be $99 > now, but still not an outrageous fee if you need those features. > > --Gregg > However... in this mailing-list many people ask to Carl to make free-of-charge some Rebol resources and, as you told me, we obtain an increm

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WAIT shouldn't be a problem except in VID, as Gabriele pointed out. My > little test is very simple, and was based on an FSM engine I built. The > engine itself does event dispatching and, on my P900, processes about 10,000 > events/sec. There's no need to WAIT for anything. Just do things in s

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread Izkata
If the two Rebol programs can't communicate directly, have them write to a .TXT file, and the other would look for keywords do do something, write something else to the file, etc,etc. I have tried and used Rebol for about 2 years now (at least, it seems like 2 years... I first started using it w

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Alessandro, << how do you think you can implement multitasking (even cooperative, but enough efficient, with an enough fast task-switching) in Rebol Core? Using WAIT instruction? And in View that the documentation suggest NOT TO USE wait command? >> WAIT shouldn't be a problem except in VID,

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Alessandro, << 2) View contain sound, shell, etc... but they are locked. >> I think their special $49 pricing on View/Pro is gone, so it might be $99 now, but still not an outrageous fee if you need those features. --Gregg -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PR

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you! --Alessandro-- = > Hi Alessandro, > > On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 9:13:22 AM, you wrote: > > rei> how do you think you can implement multitasking (even cooperative, but > rei> enough efficient, with an enough fast task-switch

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-pekr- Wrote: > Alessandro - you have to be new here, no? :-) Look, rebol base is just > one - so - even your View contains sound, shell and library components. > They are locked by license key. Ok... and where is the difference for me?! I have two options... 1) View does not contain sound, she

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread Maarten Koopmans
And you can get rugby at www.rebolforces.com/~erebol --maarten Gabriele Santilli wrote: > Hi Alessandro, > > On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 9:13:22 AM, you wrote: > > rei> how do you think you can implement multitasking (even cooperative, but > rei> enough efficient, with an enough fast task-sw

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread Petr Krenzelok
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi Gregg, > >how do you think you can implement multitasking (even cooperative, but >enough efficient, with an enough fast task-switching) in Rebol Core? >Using WAIT instruction? And in View that the documentation suggest NOT >TO USE wait command? > >If the standard Rebo

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Alessandro, On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 9:13:22 AM, you wrote: rei> how do you think you can implement multitasking (even cooperative, but rei> enough efficient, with an enough fast task-switching) in Rebol Core? rei> Using WAIT instruction? And in View that the documentation suggest NOT rei

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Gregg, how do you think you can implement multitasking (even cooperative, but enough efficient, with an enough fast task-switching) in Rebol Core? Using WAIT instruction? And in View that the documentation suggest NOT TO USE wait command? If the standard Rebol/Core (royalty free version, base

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-11 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Allesandro, << I wish to simplify the life of Rebol developers, so I can say I can use every instrument to create multiprocesses: multiprocess (like a FORK), multithread (Ms Windows-style) either preemptive or cooperative (even if the last one is not the best system... however is a good beginn

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Gabriele, I partially agree with you. Multitasking is not needed only to develop server processes, since there could be many occasions where I should need more than one process in "parallel" at-a-time, even in client applications. I wish to simplify the life of Rebol developers, so I can say

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-11 Thread Gabriele Santilli
Hi Mark, On Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 6:30:46 AM, you wrote: MC> 1) Agree a lot of the function needed can not be implemented well without MC> true multitasking especially a lot of Network programming that need MC> multithreads. I'd like to point out, that multithreading would only be need

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread Mark Chang
1) Agree a lot of the function needed can not be implemented well without true multitasking especially a lot of Network programming that need multithreads. 2) Low level socket programming is available in Rebol. However, good proper documentation is not available (or I don't know), making lo

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread Christopher Dicely
FWIW, my earlier message on this thread represented an incorrect understanding; launch can be used in the console and scripts launched through the console, but not in scripts invoked via the REBOL command line; not sure about using the /View interface. This makes it, as others have noted, less t

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you! --Alessandro-- = > Network programming: core 2.3 user guide > set-modes: Core 2.5 release notes > > --Maarten > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Where can I find documentation or infos about it? > > > > > >>REBOL has low-level socket pr

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread Maarten Koopmans
Network programming: core 2.3 user guide set-modes: Core 2.5 release notes --Maarten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where can I find documentation or infos about it? > > >>REBOL has low-level socket programming via ports and set-modes >> >>--Maarten >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>Thank yo

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where can I find documentation or infos about it? > REBOL has low-level socket programming via ports and set-modes > > --Maarten > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thank you (sigh!). > > > > When a Rebol version will include a multiprocessing/multithreading > > feature?! It is a very important fe

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread Maarten Koopmans
REBOL has low-level socket programming via ports and set-modes --Maarten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you (sigh!). > > When a Rebol version will include a multiprocessing/multithreading > feature?! It is a very important feature in a programming language! True > multitasking! Python alread

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you (sigh!). When a Rebol version will include a multiprocessing/multithreading feature?! It is a very important feature in a programming language! True multitasking! Python already does! Java already does! And... how about low level socket programming? Is Rebol an Internet programming lan

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-07 Thread Christopher Dicely
--- Gregg Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Allesandro, > > << > I was very interested to the function "launch" (I > didn't know it). > > But I didn't find enought documentation about it. > Can someone tell me more about launch refiniments? > (this function could > be used to simulate a mul

[REBOL] Re: Function "LAUNCH" - Usage questions

2002-06-07 Thread Gregg Irwin
Hi Allesandro, << I was very interested to the function "launch" (I didn't know it). But I didn't find enought documentation about it. Can someone tell me more about launch refiniments? (this function could be used to simulate a multiprocessing system!). >> Launch is fairly limited in practice