World: r3wp

Thanks, Sunanda!

I expect it to be a bit like Lua.

Teaser 8: User defined operators ....

Instead of: 

insert next find block 2 "blue"

you write:

insert block after 2 "blue"

the & (concat) operator at least

Like this?

w> &: operator [v1 v2] [join v1 v2]
w> "abc" & "def"
== "abcdef"

yup :)

ok :)

In some applications, it would probably be used as binary and, and 
that's ok too.

Can you do operators with more or less than 2 arguments? We figured 
out how to do postfix operators in REBOL, Red, etc. if you support 
operators with 1 argument, and ternary operators if you support operators 
with 4 arguments, the third being a keyword. You could even support 
multiple ternary operators starting with the same word by making 
one that dispatches on the keyword.

Question noted. Will be in the QA.

Can I post here my wishes for R3 ?

Since R3 is dead, I mean.

We don't want to clog up this group with off-topic requests.

Teaser 7: The range datatype

w> type? 2-5
== range!
w> block: [a b c d e f g]
== [a b c d e f g]
w> block/2-5
== [b c d e]
w> block/4-4
== [d]
w> block/4-3
== [c]
w> block/4-1

w> type? a-b
??

w> type? join a {"-" b] ?

Or :

to : operator [
	first
	last
][
	join first ["-" last]
]
type? a to b

Geomol: The use of a path! to  denote a range is a clever way.

But I don't think you need a range! datatype to express boundaries. 
A pair! would do the job as well.
>> block/2x5

Or
to range! reduce [a b]

Use pair! ... hm. Extrapolate that to be used in a matrix.

Or an image.

w> a-b: 1
== 1
w> type? a-b
== integer!
w> a-b: 1.0
== 1.0
w> type? a-b
== real!

It's just like you can't specify pairs using variables.

w> axb: 1
== 1
w> type? axb
== integer!

Same in REBOL.

Thanks for the answer.

w> foreach x 1-10 [print x]
?? :)

Or in plain English: is range! a series! type?

Related:
w> to block! 1-10 ; == ??

Is a range! convertible to a block!/a series! type?

I've used x..y for range notation. In REBOL, that limits you to 255 
if mapped to a tuple, but World wouldn't have to have that limitation. 
I've also used dash/emdash. My BOUNDS dialect is flexible, as it 
was for experimentation.

That looks pretty promising.
What platforms are supported?

QA question noted.

Its too bad but http://world-lang.orgcannot be accessible from Turkey 
:( I'll try with a VPN.

How can that be?

Stats about audience for
http://world-lang.org
after the first 5 days of countdown.

See: http://www.fys.ku.dk/~niclasen/world/stats_20111128.png

so the legacy of Rebol will be Rebol clones - not so bad a legacy 
actually

I'm a little sorry to see the R2-style port model instead of the 
R3 style. Are all ports direct at least?

Are there R3 docs in this area? I've look here:
http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/concepts.html
and:
http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/guide/network.html

Those docs either seem to be for R2 or am missing.

It's on the wiki

What wiki?

http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/index.html

is listed as "REBOL 3 Documentation (wiki)" on http://www.rebol.com/docs.html


Do you mean the "old" wiki: http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Table_Of_Contents

Nice breakdown John.

The stats, Gregg?

Yes.

The countdown is nice as well.

Yeah, interesting to see where people, who are interested in REBOL-like 
languages, come from.

Thanks!

R3 port model is definitely a must :-)

:)

Yes, that wiki. It's the only real wiki in the sense that people 
can edit it

http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Ports

Thanks!

http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Schemes

http://www.rebol.net/wiki/Scheme:_HTTP