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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

They should probably also stop using Chrome, Safari, OpenOffice, 
GCC, Linux and the like

All the ones I mentioned are LGPL and GCC and Linux are even worse: 
GPL. So if you don't want to use Boron because it's LGPL, you can't 
use all that other software, either

Not really. The main way that I learn a programming platform is to 
view the source, though on platforms where the source is not available 
(as for proprietary platforms like Delphi) or too complex to be of 
use (C++ compilers, office suites, most operating systems) then I 
try to go by the docs and experimentation. If I want to contribute, 
I need to see the source. However, if I learn anything by looking 
at the source, I have to be careful about how I apply that knowledge 
elsewhere if I might violate a license by doing so. So I use Linux, 
Java, OpenOffice and GCC like they are black boxes with no sources 
available, only because they are useful enough to be worth using 
without really learning from them. I wish I could contribute to Boron, 
but it might interfere with my ability to contribute to REBOL and 
Red. And I already have a good enough semi-black box in R3.

Hi, I am interested into building an maintaining documentation for 
those programming languages based on REBOL.
It would be nice to have a DOCBASE for them.
What I search is:
- Someone ABLE to SETUP the Linux and the Wiki Software
- Someone which would share with me the cost of hosting.
Do you like the idea ?
Write me at [giuseppe-:-chillemi-:-eu]

it may be higher on linux, I've never tested it.

Because I had no experience with LLVM, because I started World dev. 
on older MacBook, because LLVM was many MB download, because I wasn't 
sure, I could get LLVM on Windows and Linux easily.

Now 3 years have passed since then and no upgrade took place.

I am still with the same idea: I believe that documentation and communication 
is everything. If someone has the willingnes to setup a linux system 
with the proper wiki software I am ready to DONATE MONEY for hosting.

Disadvantages: me loosing focus and loosing time, when having to 
answer all kinds of questions and approve new developments. The horror 
of World being fragmented to 100 versions, where none of them are 
compatible. You wouldn't like that! I make sure, that doesn't happen.


You need surplus of time and resources to open source things like 
this, if you wanna be sure, it doesn't run off rails. Look at how 
many ways, you can do any single thing in Linux. It's way too fragmented 
in most areas.

It's actually a lot like Linux. Every distro has something you need, 
but none of them has everything you need. If I want to build the 
Russian Syllable website, I can only use R3. If I need system integration 
and speed, I can only use Red. If I need to write web apps, only 
Topaz targets that. If I need open source, I can only use half of 
them. If I need dynamic binding, I can only use the interpreters. 
If I need infix operators, I can't use Boron, although I could use 
its predecessor. Etcetera ad nauseum

Hi, I am interested into building an maintaining documentation for 
those programming languages based on REBOL.
It would be nice to have a DOCBASE for them.
What I search is:
- Someone ABLE to SETUP the Linux and the Wiki Software
- Someone which would share with me the cost of hosting.
Do you like the idea ?
Write me at [giuseppe-:-chillemi-:-eu]

There seem to be a problem with routines returning a handle. A library 
like MagickWand (part of ImageMagick) works this way. I'm not able 
to test it with MagickWand, as I'm not able to load that library 
for different reasons, and I don't wanna use too much time on it.


So I'm after another library, that has a routine, which returns a 
handle, so I can test. A library easily to get for OS X, Linux and 
Windows would be nice. Any suggestions?

I was able to load MagickWand under Linux, and it seems to work with 
uint32 datatypes to hold the handle (a C pointer). But it doens't 
work so well when using the handle! datatype for that. It would be 
nice, if it worked, I guess. It's probably some type casting problem.

About copying from a port, I get a zero, if the port is closed, but 
just under OS X and Linux. Windows version seems to hang in that 
situation. Networking code is open source, and you're welcome to 
suggest changes. I consider using a lib for networking instead of 
coding it all by hand.

Andreas wrote this earlier, in response to your question about this:


Is there a way to figure out, what directory a command launches from, 
which will work across platforms?

Yes and no. There are platform-specific ways. This gist of it:

- Linux: readlink("/proc/self/exe")
- OSX: _NSGetExecutablePath
- Win32: GetModuleFileNameW

(We recently discussed this issue in relation to R3 as well.)

Under OS X, I get an empty binary, which is expected behaviour. Under 
WinXP, the process hangs here. The OS X and Linux version of World 
use standard BSD networking, the Windows version use MS networking, 
where an init is needed. You're welcome to suggest changes to the 
host specific sources. At this stage, I won't use a lot of time on 
Windows specific sources, as I don't use that platform very much.


I consider using cURL for networking, as that could give a lot of 
features fast. If I find, it adds too much to the overall size of 
World, it could be cut along the way by moving features from cURL 
to World sources.