Hey guys, I'm not sure if you've seen this or not, but it may interest some of you. _why (of Hackety internet-fame) has created a new language called Potion,...
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Andreas Schipplock
schipplock
Jul 2, 2009 8:06 pm
mmh! ... -- Kind regards, Andreas Schipplock....
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A.M.
agentm@...
Jul 2, 2009 8:18 pm
... "A path is any set of non-whitespace UTF-8 characters preceded by a slash. A path is also called an “instance variable” in programming jargon. Paths...
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Samuel A. Falvo II
falvosa
Jul 2, 2009 8:32 pm
... Undoubtedly a concession to the needs of compiling to static binary code. -- Samuel A. Falvo II...
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Semka Novikov
me@...
Jul 2, 2009 8:36 pm
Nice....
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dennisf486
Jul 3, 2009 5:45 am
I'm working on a C++ binding library for Io that allows you to make your C++ objects callable from Io without typing a lot of code. It's called LikeMagic....
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simonhaines
Jul 3, 2009 7:52 am
Although you are working with C++, have you had a look at Lua's Alien project (http://alien.luaforge.net/)? It allows you bind to dynamic libraries from Lua...
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dennisf486
Jul 3, 2009 4:13 pm
Thanks I'll take a look at that. Unfortunately alien.luaforge.net is down, but I found the google cache of it. I have a good handle on the C++ side of...
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Milos Negovanovic
milos.negovanovic@...
Jul 4, 2009 10:42 am
Hi, Ive downloaded the latest .tar.gz from the website and Io doesn't build for me any more (NetBSD5/amd64). Error is: ...
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Milos Negovanovic
milos.negovanovic@...
Jul 4, 2009 11:09 am
... After commenting out bunch of typedef-s in PortableStdint.h build continues ... not so sure this is the best way to fix it tho. Any suggestions? Regards --...
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Milos Negovanovic
milos.negovanovic@...
Jul 4, 2009 11:38 am
... Patch that I have applied is attached. Is this correct thing to do? Regards -- Milos Negovanovic milos.negovanovic@......
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jul 4, 2009 1:00 pm
All you're missing is an ifndef preprocessor directive in that header for __NetBSD__. I'm mobile right now so I can't tell you exactly where. Regards, Jeremy...
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Milos Negovanovic
milos.negovanovic@...
Jul 4, 2009 1:14 pm
... Cool, Its not urgent so I can wait. :) Regards -- Milos Negovanovic milos.negovanovic@......
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Chris Double
doublecnz
Jul 5, 2009 5:45 am
I'm in the midst of writing some addons that wrap the various Xiph libraries (libogg, libvorbis, libtheora, etc). So far I've been wrapping the low level API...
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Milos Negovanovic
milos.negovanovic@...
Jul 12, 2009 9:47 am
Hi, I have a situation where I have available name of object's method slot which I would like to invoke. What is the best way to do this? I would like for the...
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Friedrich Weber
fred.reichbier@...
Jul 12, 2009 1:33 pm
Hi! I think the best way is to clone the method and set its scope to the target context, so you get a kind of "bound method": the_a := t getSlot("a") clone...
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Oscar Martinez
wasintw
Jul 12, 2009 6:00 pm
Hi, About performOn: If called on a method it behaves as stated in the docs, but called on a block has no effect (the block is activated but not on the object...
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Steve Dekorte
stevedekorte
Jul 12, 2009 6:02 pm
... theObject perform(slotName)...
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Steve Dekorte
stevedekorte
Jul 12, 2009 6:04 pm
... Sorry, please ignore this - I didn't read the rest of the question before responding. Friedrich's answer looks correct....
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bblochl2
Jul 13, 2009 4:46 pm
I tried the example "Create a simple object and show how to use it" from the page http://www.iolanguage.com/about/samplecode/: Account := Object clone do( ...
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bblochl2
Jul 13, 2009 6:32 pm
... I just tried the above Account example as a script with a starting shebang line on Linux - it was working! First I tried it from the Io line interpreter...
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Brian Mitchell
binary42@...
Jul 13, 2009 6:52 pm
... I haven't had time to try things out but have you tried using one line with ;'s on the REPL? I think the interactive REPL is a little broken on some...
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Oscar Martinez
wasintw
Jul 13, 2009 7:06 pm
... Playing with the CLI I found that Z_CLI.io does not handle correctly that case and the "slash at the end" case, at lease in my box (Debian Squeze/Sid on...
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bblochl2
Jul 13, 2009 8:57 pm
I have a problem of understanding: Io 20090105 Io> sin := 5 ==> 5 Io> 4 sin ==> -0.7568024953079282 Io> sin ==> 5 Io> 1x := 5 ==> 5 Io> x1:= 6 ==> 6 Io>...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jul 13, 2009 9:03 pm
Do a 1 slotNames You'll find x there. Regards, Jeremy Tregunna Mobile: +1 (519) 498-8299 Sent from my iPhone...
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Samuel A. Falvo II
falvosa
Jul 13, 2009 9:04 pm
You know, when I first saw the subject heading for this message, I _seriously_ thought it read: [Io] secret vegetables? Uugh. It's only monday, and I already...
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Steve Dekorte
stevedekorte
Jul 13, 2009 9:04 pm
... 1x is parsed as "1 x" ... Yes, you can use: Object removeSlot(slotName)...
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Steve Dekorte
stevedekorte
Jul 14, 2009 2:09 am
... Heh. The title got me thinking about hidden variables in physics and what their parallel would be in programming languages. ...
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Erik Max Francis
erikmaxfrancis
Jul 14, 2009 2:15 am
... Probably something like people who use programming languages with programming paradigms (generic, object oriented, actor-based, etc.) without actually...
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Chris Double
doublecnz
Jul 14, 2009 11:30 am
A while back Avi Bryant (Seaside web framework author) did a talk on his approach to building a Seaside like web framework. Phil Windley did a write-up about...
