World: r3wp

Cool, thanks :)  I'm NOT looking forward to re-installing Visual 
C++.  I wonder if Dev-C++ or Digital Mars would work...

DevC++ is using GCC, isn't it? That should work

Yep (and there's a devpak for the BZip2 library :)

I had a quick look at Boron and at second look I got the impression 
that it can be a real alternative, if  R3 does not move faster.

Nick, any luck?

Boron just got the choice between compiling COMPRESS with ZLib or 
BZip2

unfortunately only for the m2-based build, it seems. cmake-based 
build is currently broken

(easy enough fix: http://gitorious.org/~earl/boron/earl-boron/commit/73e33bd.diff)

Prevx has decided Boron.exe is medium risk malware :(

too easy...

I've been communicating with Karl about getting Boron CGI working, 
so I'm sticking with Boron for now :)

I assume you also nead POST handling :) ?

need*

Yes, but I'm taking baby steps right now...

Adding the ability to read standard input should be sufficient for 
POST

Has anyone a project file for Codeblocks and Boron under Windows 
or some hints how to do it?

By the way, not sure when it was implemented, but Boron's manual 
has an example for reading standard input

sqlab: you can have cmake generate a codeblocks project file for 
you

i think all you should need to do for that on windows is fire up 
cmake gui and select the boron directory

Kaj, thanks for noting that standard input example - it is new.  
In June, Boron's user manual version was 0.1.2 and the windows release 
was 0.1.4.  It's really encouraging to see work accomplished :)  
I donated a small amount back in June to Karl using the paypal link 
- if he's motivated by money to do more work, I'd support that without 
reservation.  I don't have much time right now to explore much, but 
I'd love to see a continuing active open source alternative.

Here's a tiny demo of Boron generating a web page on Cheyenne:

http://tryrebol.esperconsultancy.nl/hello-Boron.b

That's through Cheyenne's CGI mode, so with standard input reading, 
it should also be able to handle a POST request

Nice project!

Boron SMTP client:

http://gitorious.org/boron-library/boron-library/blobs/master/networking/send-smtp.b

Henrik, it looks like boron-gl is starting fairly normally, but doesn't 
get into the console somehow

Are you starting it from the Terminal?

no, it is wrapped in an application bundle.

if I try to start it using OPEN, it just returns to console immediately

It's a console program, so you must start it from the shell

It's likely an app bundle because it includes a dynamic library

Well, if it's an application bundle, then it should start the boron-gl 
console, when doubleclicking it. I'm not sure what mechanism is required 
to start it.

It only starts, if I go into the bundle and start the boron-gl executable 
manually.

That would be a good piece of code to contribute to Karl :-)

yes... I'm not sure how to do it, though.

Yes, it's a console program, so must be started "manually"

Programming is exploring

So do you get the Boron console when you start it from a terminal?

That's not what I mean. Application bundles must start their embedded 
executable, when doubleclicked or when using OPEN in the terminal.

I don't know how that works on OS X. I only know that it just works 
on other Unixy systems such as Linux and Syllable

yes, if I go into the OSX bundle.

If extra code is required on OS X, then that can be expected from 
finished commercial apps, but Boron is a volunteer project a year 
old

How do you start R3 on OS X? Isn't there an app setting where you 
must tell OS X to start a command line program in a terminal?

A bundle is simply a directory, which contains specific directories 
and has a specific icon. OSX recognizes such directories as applications. 
Inside are libraries, icons, images and executables of various CPU 
platforms. The user then sees the directory as an application, which, 
when double clicked, automatically runs the correct executable inside 
according to CPU platform. You're not supposed to go inside a bundle 
to start the program.

Anyway, if you can start boron, you can proceed to starting the demo

R2 and R3 are not bundled, so when starting them, is the same as 
other unixes.

How do you start the host kit version of R3, which has a separate 
library?

R3 for OSX does not have it separated.

The host kit version does