From "C" to Rebol: HELP!!/RESEND

the original... ===================================================================== Hello All: I've been programming in Rebol for a year. I've been programming in other languages for much longer. Coding in C for 12 years, and therein lies the issue. Oftentimes, I find myself so "stuck" in the "C" paradigm, that although my rebol code works, I'm not really taking full advantage of what rebol has to offer. Here's an example: One might write a function that prints a block of rebol code like this: ; warning!! untested code print-block1: func[blk[block!]/local index][ index: 1 loop length? blk[ print pick blk index index: index + 1 ] ] or one might write a function that looks like this: print-block2: func[blk[block!]][ forall blk[print first blk] blk: first blk ] It is probably safe for me to say that print-block2 is better reboleze than is print-block1, which one could say is "tainted" by the "c" approach. Now, here's what I propose: If two or three of you "real rebol programmers" would like to participate as mentors: I will provide code that is working rebol code, the mentor(s) will then offer suggestions that will optimize the code, rebol-wise. The following results are possible: 1)I could take the "before" and "after" code and turn it into some sort of a tutorial. 2)My writing would *most definitely* be improved. 3)Perhaps, if RT finds it acceptable, that I would then have some good rebol code to add to the script library. I would appreciate feedback on this issue: I hope some of you might tell me what you think. Perhaps this is something that I and "mentors" could take off of the list until some results present themselves. regards Tim Johnson

Tim, I have the same problem. Thanks for bringing up this issue. Regards, David --- Tim Johnson <[tim--johnsons-web--com]> wrote:

> the original... > Hello All: > [rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes.

Hi, Tim, Tim Johnson wrote:

> ; warning!! untested code > print-block1: func[blk[block!]/local index][ > "reboleze" than is print-block1, which one could say is "tainted" > by the "c" approach.

> Now, here's what I propose: If two or three of you "real rebol > programmers" would like to participate as mentors: > I will provide code that is working rebol code, the mentor(s) > will then offer suggestions that will optimize the code, > rebol-wise. >

> I would appreciate feedback on this issue: >