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[REBOL] [parse] Special characters in block parsing

From: apwing::zonnet::nl at: 3-Apr-2005 15:25

Hi all, while experimenting with a small dialect for calculations, I stumbled into a problem. I've done simple things like:
>> parse [6 * 3] [set num1 number! '* set num2 number! (print num1 *
num2) ] 18 == true However, when I try:
>> parse [6 / 3] [set num1 number! '/ set num2 number! (print num1 /
num2) ] ** Syntax Error: Invalid word-lit -- ' ** Near: (line 1) parse [6 / 3] [set num1 number! '/ set num2 number! (print num1 / num2 ) ] REBOL complains, because (of course) '/ is not a proper lit-word. How can I still parse the / ? I already tried a charset, but I suppose that's only possible with string-parsing, or not? TIA Arie