Re: Newbie-level problem

2013-12-16 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, Yes, using #!/usr/bin/picolisp instead of #!/usr/bin/pil worked fine in OSX. In my case at the moment, however, this #!/usr/bin/picolisp /usr/lib/picolisp/lib/misc.l seemed to be better than .../lib.l, since the only lib function I needed was 'stamp'. Oh, I see. However, I would

Re: Newbie-level problem

2013-12-15 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, The script was executable (-rwxr-xr-x@), but for some reason I had to replace #!/usr/bin/pil with this direct variant: #!/Volumes/P3/picoLisp/bin/picolisp Strange, since there was no problem launcing PicoLips with /usr/bin/pil on the command line. Is there really a 'pil' script

Re: Newbie-level problem

2013-12-15 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, Hi Jon, The script was executable (-rwxr-xr-x@), but for some reason I had to replace #!/usr/bin/pil with this direct variant: #!/Volumes/P3/picoLisp/bin/picolisp Strange, since there was no problem launcing PicoLips with /usr/bin/pil on the command line. Is there really a

Re: Newbie-level problem

2013-12-14 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, The script was executable (-rwxr-xr-x@), but for some reason I had to replace #!/usr/bin/pil with this direct variant: #!/Volumes/P3/picoLisp/bin/picolisp Strange, since there was no problem launcing PicoLips with /usr/bin/pil on the command line. /Jon Hi Jon, I'll look into that

Re: Newbie-level problem

2013-12-13 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, (while T (let L (line) (prinl Hello (pack (trim L) !) ) ) ) I haven't tried this specifically now, but I see two problems: 1. The loop (while T ... will never terminate. I would use (until (eof) ... 2. The PicoLisp always interprets

Re: Newbie-level problem

2013-12-13 Thread Jon Kleiser
Hi Alex, Thanks! On 13-12-13 16:08 , Alexander Burger wrote: Hi Jon, (while T (let L (line) (prinl Hello (pack (trim L) !) ) ) ) I haven't tried this specifically now, but I see two problems: 1. The loop (while T ... will never terminate. I would use