I do notice that they have a patent covering "integrating rules into OO languages ... that covers the innovative technology within R++". I thought rules and constraints were well-known enough that a patent in this area would have to be very specific. Anyone have any more specific knowledge of the patent? I don't know how this would impact work in Rebol (is rebol considered OO?), but it might be something to keep in the back of your mind. Any lawyers or would-be lawyers out there? Don't ya just love patents? Russell. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] New? programming construct Re: Hi, just a short note, that's the "constraint" programming approach, which we use in the OpenAmulet library too. It has been shown that this pattern is extremly cool for GUI programming. I would be interested to port this idea to Rebol and see if a constriant based GUI dialect would make sense. Robert M. Muench, Karlsruhe, Germany ==> ask for PGP public-key <== When do you want to reboot today? Use the free portable GUI Library OpenAmulet from http://www.openip.org
