World: r3wp

Would be nice to just pass the arguments to a rebcode module and 
have it pass them back.  Even giving rebcode networking features 
might enable that.

Henrik, do you know if Carl  would be up to building a rebcode based 
2.7.6?

Old BrianH quote:


The new function binding model in R3 makes Rebcode not as fast in 
R3 as it was in R2, if it uses the same semantic model. In order 
to be worth including we would have to change the semantic model 
accordingly.

I could really benefit from having rebcode in 2.7.6 then.

Paul, I don't know. I don't think he wants to spend much time in 
2009 on R2. The schedule for R3 is pretty long as it stands.

But I would think it would be somethign that he just drops in and 
compiles isn't it?

He already has it in 2.6.x?

I don't know that process, so I don't know. :-)

Maybe Brian can provide more insight.

That's a special build. Also rebcode was never really finished as 
there are security issues with it.

(rebcode can easily crash REBOL if used wrong)

I would use it if it were a separate process that I could access 
via networking port just to get to the computational  advantages.

I think you can do that with the special builds.

You probably right I didn't think if would have networking or not.

I'll look into that.

it's a full REBOL/View build, so it should work

ahh ok.

I knew that also but wasn't thinking.

Thanks Henrik.

Is tcp/ip going to be primarily async in R3?  Or will there be synchronous 
protocols also written?

for http, pop, smtp etc ?

I think that TCP/IP is pure async and HTTP also, but functions like 
READ would work in a synchronous manner.

On another note, a new R3 internal release was made a few hours ago 
with all of BrianH's changes submitted to DevBase. Yay!

... yes, and it seems to me we are aproaching the release .... slowly 
but surely .... http://www.rebol.net/wiki/R3_Alpha

Still work in progress, but good sign of things happening ... so 
hopefully, in one month, there will be load of devs cooperating on 
R3 development ...

yeah... something is comming...

not now plz, i have to go bed...

you can watch internal releases here - http://www.rebol.net/wiki/R3_Releases

:-)

don't expect it being out this week ... you can safely go to sleep 
:-)

i saw them early

i check  docbase several times per day ;-)

but...but... to nite there's something strange in the air...

anyway, i take the risk, i go to to sleep, nite.

You fools! Rebol 3 will never be released! This has all been elaborate 
conspiracy! Hahahaha!

Petr (from Ports):
http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Port_Implementation
http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Ports
http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Port_Examples(a good one ....)

http://www.rebol.net/r3blogs/0127.html"Pruning down Read and Write"
http://www.rebol.net/r3blogs/0128.html"Skip and Seek on ports"

http://www.rebol.net/r3blogs/0129.html- async http transfer using 
tcp

http://www.rebol.net/r3blogs/0130.html"More about port layers" (continuation 
of Pruning down Read and Write article)

thanks chris for the references

It's funny, the more mezzanine code I write for R3, the more errors 
I find in R2. There are some pretty significant design flaws in R2.

Shhh.  ;)

R2 is JUST LIKE ALTME  !!!!   ITS PERFECT !!!    STOP SPREADING LIES 
!!!!       ;-)

LOL

BrianH, I assume you not going to share those flaws?

Not to mention 2+ year old regressions that came in the 2.6.3 to 
2.7.0 update - Steeve found one in the last week.

Yes, I will share.

Well, of all the people that can complain; one of the people fixing 
them is worthy I guess.

Yeah, I suppose :)

Just discovered today in R2: LOAD/header has two errors.

- LOAD/header of a directory should fail with a syntax error, but 
doesn't.

- LOAD/header "rebol []" or the script equivalent should return the 
header object in a block, but instead returns it straight.

The /header option is being checked at a lower priority than it should 
be. Fixed in R3 today though.

sounds like some good stuff to put in notes and upload to the 2.7.7 
world

Notes, yes, or at least RAMBO.

LOAD is a mezzanine in R3. You have no idea how cool this is :)