Reverse API
[1/7] from: depotcity:telus at: 12-Jun-2001 20:29
Hello.
Q. Is there any way to access Rebol as an API?
Interesting thought isn't it?
T Brownell
[2/7] from: karlr20::home::com at: 13-Jun-2001 10:15
On Tuesday 12 June 2001 20:29, Terry Brownell wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Q. Is there any way to access Rebol as an API?
>
> Interesting thought isn't it?
>
> T Brownell
Not only interesting but highly desirable.
When I learned about REBOL (before it was available and before is was being
called Lava) the very first thing I wanted to do with it was use it as a
'modern' cross-platform AREXX replacement. AREXX was wonderful in that it
allowed applications to extend the language (adding 'natives' from whatever
language your app was written in) and share a common macro/scripting
language. That is what I thought REBOL was going to be. When that didn't
happen I was sure REBOL/Command would be embeddable in a C application. It
seems to me that RT is more interested in making REBOL its own isolated
platform (witness the view 'desktop' and the reluctance to make a browser
plug-in) rather than a tool which can be embedded in other systems.
If I could change only one thing about REBOL it would be this: To be able to
define natives and call REBOL code from my C apps.
-Karl
[3/7] from: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 13-Jun-2001 11:28
I am sure this is not the answer your looking for but it is universally
accessable and so easy to implement I had to mention it.
rebol --do "send [ryanc--iesco-dms--com] {it works!} quit"
Another option I suppose is to use Rugby.
--Ryan
Karl Robillard wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 June 2001 20:29, Terry Brownell wrote:
> > Hello.
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> [rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the
> subject, without the quotes.
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Ryan Cole
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[4/7] from: steve:shireman:semaxwireless at: 13-Jun-2001 15:02
Ryan,
Doih!! I am so glad you mentioned this!!
It is so simple I would never have thought of it, but what a neat way to
look at it.
Sending myself an email from DOS has never been easier...
Steve Shireman
Ryan Cole wrote:
[5/7] from: steve:shireman:semaxwireless at: 14-Jun-2001 7:58
A few ideas came to mind after 'do-ing Ryan's one liner from MSDOS.
1. Rebol wasn't in my path, so I have added it to my path
2. Rebol/Core is the best to use (loads quickly)
3. To reduce load time, maybe Rebol could be made resident in ram? as a
library?
4. I like the way Rebol detaches itself from MSDOS, like gvim does, so
the command line is still usable after Rebol starts up launches.
5. your ideas for the next generation A/Rexx (Rebol/IPC) for Internet
Application Glue are valid--I think everyone wants Rebol to be
everything. I sure do ;-)
I see myself not hardly having to write in C/C++ anymore for any of our
computer based tool/products, but being able to do a system command as
Ryan suggested enables a lot that I wasn't seeing before.
Cheers,
Steve Shireman
Karl Robillard wrote:
[6/7] from: depotcity:telus at: 14-Jun-2001 13:01
Yes, very handy and so simple. Although its one direction only. What's
required is a true API.
Terry
[7/7] from: depotcity:telus at: 14-Jun-2001 13:10
Once you get the LFReD IRSee program .. enter your name , then enter the
room and we can chat from there
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