[REBOL] Wait doesn't? Re:(2)

1999-12-04 Thread anon_emouse
In article 001101bf3e28$aa6da6b0$cda093cb@AWK, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes So your wait statement becomes... wait now + 00:05 Hi Allen, This gives an error ** Script Error: wait expected value argument of type: number time port block. --- Regards,Graham Chiu

[REBOL] Re: Curried functions

1999-12-04 Thread giesse
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED]! On 03-Dic-99, you wrote: l Request #1: This shows how CURRIED handles errors (argument C l is not allowed, because it isn't between the formal args of l FUN). Can somebody show me, how to MAKE ERROR! so, that I l could say which args are incorrect - those in

[REBOL] Objects: Preventing Code Duplication Re:(11)

1999-12-04 Thread 70740 . 503
Is it possible to make a sound (like a beep) from REBOL?

[REBOL] HL7 and REBOL Re:(5)

1999-12-04 Thread Russ
Jerry, I'm sure many others of us here would enjoy seeing all your functions, if you'd like to share them. Well, I would! :) Russ --- At 10:39 AM 12/4/1999 -0500, you wrote: Larry, Did you find the math functions useful? I have improved many of them and can send you the revised versions if

[REBOL] How fast is Rebol compared to C scripts? Re:(3)

1999-12-04 Thread Petr . Krenzelok
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How fast does Rebol run compared to C scripts? Thanks! Speed is not always the issue. Look also at another factors, e.g. language expressibility ... -pekr- I can appreciate that Rebol is easier to use but at what cost? Perhaps a better question

[REBOL] Redirection of incoming tcp-connection

1999-12-04 Thread flouX
Hi Rebols I got a question about tcp-redirection The story so far Somehow I infected my computer with the Backdoor-G trojan, thats no problem for me, because I use a firewall... A few minutes after I went online, the intruder tries to access at a certain port... (Of course I block

[REBOL] Objects: Preventing Code Duplication Re:(12)

1999-12-04 Thread rryost
Or how about a groan from everyone in re off-topic messages? Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 8:39 AM Subject: [REBOL] Objects: Preventing Code Duplication Re:(11) Is it possible to make a

[REBOL] Another reminder script

1999-12-04 Thread anon_emouse
Just to distract you guys from your re-entrant and functional programming discourse, here's the second iteration of my reminder script. It's been working since yesterday paging me on my cell phone at the right times so seems to work. It should cover instances where I have reminders that are

[REBOL] 3rd party scripts add-ons Re:

1999-12-04 Thread rryost
Feel free to download my two scripts from www.rebol.org and post them on your site. They're two games, Tactix and PushOver, and should serve as good examples of using REBOL for "ordinary" programming not involving messaging, servers, etc. Besides, the games are interesting and challenging.

[REBOL] Wait doesn't? Re:(3)

1999-12-04 Thread Al . Bri
Congratulations, Graham! You've either found a problem in the REBOL documentation or a bug in 'wait. The documentation for wait says: "If the value is a TIME, delay for that period. If the value is a DATE/TIME, wait until that DATE/TIME. " help wait Waits for a duration, port, or both.

[REBOL] Another reminder script Re:

1999-12-04 Thread Al . Bri
Graham asked: I would also prefer to do without the quotes around days of the week and months. Suggestions and fixes welcomed. Simply do without the quotes! And don't 'reduce the blocks. Like this example: Weekdays: [ Monday Tuesday

[REBOL] Set/Get method for object that hides its storage

1999-12-04 Thread Al . Bri
oz: make object! [ zz: use [zz] [ func [/set set_zz] [either set [zz: set_zz] [zz]] ] ] oz/zz/set 23 == 23 oz/zz == 23 oz/zz/set 25 == 25 oz/zz == 25 probe oz make object! [ zz: func [/set set_zz][either set [zz: set_zz] [zz]] ] Now my only problem is

[REBOL] Another reminder script Re:(2)

1999-12-04 Thread anon_emouse
In article 19991204211703.GVLA50393.mta4-rme@andrew, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Simply do without the quotes! And don't 'reduce the blocks. Like this example: Weekdays: [ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

[REBOL] ackerman's function

1999-12-04 Thread a142808
Here is Ackerman's function in REBOL ack: func [m n] [ either zero? :m [:n + 1] [either zero? :n [ack (:m - 1) 1] [ack (:m - 1) ack :m (:n - 1)]]] The Ackermann function is the simplest example of a well-defined 'total function' which is computable but not 'primitive recursive'.

[REBOL] Off topic message

1999-12-04 Thread 70740 . 503
Russell, Sorry about that. I didn't realize the topic was copied when I sent a message. I will be more careful in the future. Jerry

[REBOL] HL7 utlities Re:(5)

1999-12-04 Thread anon_emouse
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes As promised ;msg: to-string read/binary %test/hl7/h024.hl7 hl7: make object! [ msgtype: make block! 2 Hi, I finally had some time to try this out today, and I get the following error.. ** Syntax Error: Missing ] at

[REBOL] [REBOL] Getting User Input into a variable

1999-12-04 Thread kelvint
Hi, I'm quite new to the language and as I found great difficulty in assigning user input to be a particular datatype. For instance, I checked out webfinder.r where there's a series with a pre-determined list of urls for Rebol to fetch, but any attempts on my part to put an Ask statement

[REBOL] [REBOL] Getting User Input into a variable Re:

1999-12-04 Thread rryost
Just use to-url on the string: u: ask "type a url " type a url [EMAIL PROTECTED] == "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" type? u == string! uu: to-url u == [EMAIL PROTECTED] type? uu == url! Of course that can all be put on one line: uu: to-url ask "Type a rul " Have fun! Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -