Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread John Porubek
: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/handbook.pdf Regards, Mike From: andrew.penneba...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:25:58 -0400 To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc. Has anyone made an interactive online

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread Joe Groff
On Aug 28, 2011, at 1:56 PM, John Porubek wrote: It's dated February 27,2008, FWIW. I think there would be value in a Factor 0.94 PDF. Does one exist? Could it be easily created from the online reference? A PDF is a serviceable format when using a Kindle to carry documentation although

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread Joe Groff
On Aug 28, 2011, at 3:07 PM, John Porubek wrote: Thanks Joe for pointing me in the right direction. I hadn't thought of using Factor to transcribe it's own help system. I'll let you (all) know if I'm successful. Sure thing. You might also be interested in the codebook vocabulary, which Doug

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread Slava Pestov
Hi John, On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM, John Porubek jporu...@gmail.com wrote: As a newcomer, I have to agree somewhat. It's frustrating when examples from Help don't work because Factor has changed since the help was written. However, even with errors (inconsistencies?) Factor's Help

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread John Benediktsson
As a newcomer, I have to agree somewhat. It's frustrating when examples from Help don't work because Factor has changed since the help was written. However, even with errors (inconsistencies?) Factor's Help system is very useful. What examples from help do not work? Generally all the

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread John Porubek
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Slava Pestov sl...@factorcode.org wrote: Hi John, On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM, John Porubek jporu...@gmail.com wrote: As a newcomer, I have to agree somewhat. It's frustrating when examples from Help don't work because Factor has changed since the help

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread John Porubek
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:11 PM, John Porubek jporu...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your responses. Now the pressure's on me to recall where the code example was! I will try to relocate the specific example I encountered. Eureka! I found the code example. I was looking into a way to provide a

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-28 Thread Joe Groff
On Aug 28, 2011, at 5:22 PM, John Porubek wrote: By the way, I come from a Forth background where I could implement a simple delay word by using a simple do loop for something quick and dirty or use a hardware timer for something more efficient. I know I'm not in Kansas anymore, but what's

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-24 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
, but I found this useful: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/handbook.pdf Regards, Mike -- From: andrew.penneba...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:25:58 -0400 To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc. Has anyone made

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-24 Thread Slava Pestov
From: andrew.penneba...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:25:58 -0400 To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc. Has anyone made an interactive online tutorial for Factor comparable to TryRuby? Cheers, Andrew Pennebaker www.yellosoft.us

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-24 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
http://factor.bluishcoder.co.nz/responder/fjsc is down :( Cheers, Andrew Pennebaker www.yellosoft.us On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Chris Double chris.dou...@double.co.nzwrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Andrew Pennebaker andrew.penneba...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone made an

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-24 Thread John Benediktsson
...@factorcode.org To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc. I can't load that link right now, but IIRC this is just the old Factor 0.72 docs in PDF format. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Andrew Pennebaker andrew.penneba...@gmail.com wrote: Note

[Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-23 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
Has anyone made an interactive online tutorial for Factor comparable to TryRuby http://tryruby.org/? Cheers, Andrew Pennebaker www.yellosoft.us -- EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-23 Thread Chris Double
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Andrew Pennebaker andrew.penneba...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone made an interactive online tutorial for Factor comparable to TryRuby? I used to run an Factor to JavaScript instance online. I think the code 'fjsc' still in the repository. Blog posts about it

Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc.

2011-08-23 Thread Michael Clagett
Sorry. Misunderstood what you were asking. From: mclag...@hotmail.com To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:15:58 + Subject: Re: [Factor-talk] TryRuby, etc. Hi Andrew -- Not a video tutorial, but I found this useful: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz