We publish a small monthly magazine, and we use Spitbol extensively. I'd like to use it some more if I can figure out how, and this seems like the place to...
Ed Quillen
cozine@...
Aug 4, 2000 6:52 pm
3341
- Good news: The list-server is still alive and well, in Madison SD ! On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Ed Quillen wrote: ...snipped... ... - Without ActiveX / COM support...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 4, 2000 8:13 pm
3342
... like to use it some more if I can figure out how, and this seems like the place to ask. ... advertising. It struck me that using a browser like Netscape...
gep2@...
Aug 5, 2000 9:09 am
3343
- Having read the posting by mitsotsen <x>, I see he is narbnid <y>. Kindly permit me to apologize for _his_ failings. ... - [ Mike Radow, a/k/a mitsotsen ]...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 6, 2000 8:55 pm
3344
<<Plug-ins are mostly written in C++. Some have been written in smalltalk, Delphi (Pascal), and PowerBuilder. VB is also suitable, now that it can create DLL...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Aug 6, 2000 9:14 pm
3345
While I agree that it would be desirable (especially for a large batch type process, with transactions one right after another) to not have to reload SPITBOL...
gep2@...
Aug 6, 2000 9:27 pm
3346
Now that people have suggested languages, references, and techniques, I'll try to take a giant step backward (ignoring the past 15 years of software progress):...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Aug 7, 2000 12:31 am
3347
... try to take a giant step backward (ignoring the past 15 years of software progress): is it necessary or advantageous to check your database, using S*BOL,...
gep2@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:03 am
3348
Gordon's got it right. My thinking was that I know how to write HTML, and I know how to make Spitbol write HTML. I also know that handling display screens,...
Ed Quillen
cozine@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:22 pm
3349
... I know how to make Spitbol write HTML. I also know that handling display screens, forms, data entry, etc., is a lot of work in Spitbol, whereas that's...
gep2@...
Aug 7, 2000 4:33 pm
3350
Gordon wrote; ... I agree. It should be quick to get going, and portable. I've always wanted to write a CGI library for SNOBOL, but I haven't (yet). Here is...
Phil Budne
phil@...
Aug 7, 2000 5:01 pm
3351
- On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 gep2@... wrote: ...snipped... ... .. ... - Gordon: Good points! This will sure be the way-of-the-future. XML provides a huge...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 7, 2000 6:03 pm
3352
- On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 gep2@... wrote: ...snipped... ... ..and... On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Phil Budne wrote: ...snipped... ... - Neat!, _if_ you can support...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 7, 2000 6:46 pm
3353
I do not yet see where pattern matching plays a role in this application. Assuming you would run this on a Windows OS, the simplest and quickest solution...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Aug 7, 2000 7:56 pm
3354
... I don't think there's that much overhead involved with having a Web server running, given especially the inconsequential amount of data flowing through it ...
gep2@...
Aug 8, 2000 1:05 am
3355
... ========================================================== * hello2.spt - unified version of hello.spt * * test cgi program written in spitbol ...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Aug 8, 2000 1:53 am
3356
The file below was screwed up (i.e. reformatted) by notepad and eudora during posting. I will repost it if it's too hard to decipher. ... QUERY_STRING =...
David Feustel
dfeustel@...
Aug 8, 2000 10:44 am
3357
Of interest about Microshaft's Net ubersystem: it supports Smalltalk, Python, VB, C++, C# and a few others but *NOT* Java. ... Enoch Sower, Objectician,...
Enoch Sower
esower@...
Aug 8, 2000 12:57 pm
3358
- ... - <grin> Of course -- if you _really_wanted_ to hook VJ++ to C# -- it'd possible: 1. Make your VJ++ (MS Java) code a COM+ component, _either_ as an OCX,...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 8, 2000 3:51 pm
3359
- After some furthering pondering, another (and hopefully _better_) answer to Ed's question is proposed...: It does not need a Web-server nor use CGI. It does...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 8, 2000 10:47 pm
3360
... reloading it for each plug-in request. DDE would permit S4 to run _immediately_, eliminating both "loading" and "initialization" delays. I claim that the...
gep2@...
Aug 8, 2000 11:22 pm
3361
- I got several "direct" messages; comments on 3 writers' points...: #1. ... /\/\...snipped... ..but how would you get a hex f7 and f8 byte in snobol? ... \/\/...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 9, 2000 5:24 pm
3362
<<..but how would you get a hex f7 and f8 byte in snobol? ... \/\/ With...: &alphabet tab(247) len(1) $ HEX_F7 len(1) $ HEX_F8 ... Yech! use the char...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Aug 9, 2000 5:28 pm
3363
... Right. I think y'all are making things far too hard. ... instead of constantly starting new copies for each transaction ... that ... create [table]...
gep2@...
Aug 9, 2000 6:17 pm
3364
- Oops...: On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Robert Dewar wrote: ...snipped... The query: - ... Mike - ... Robert - ... - <grin> I wish I had a better excuse, but I simply...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 9, 2000 7:34 pm
3365
Urban legends have shown up here several times. An organization attempting to debunk these can be found at http://www.snopes.com/. Interesting viewing. ...
Steven Kibler
skibler@...
Aug 11, 2000 4:23 pm
3366
There is also of course www.urbanlegends.com...
Robert Dewar
dewar@...
Aug 11, 2000 10:49 pm
3367
For years, we've had discussions in this list about making SNOBOL4 available to be called cleanly from a Windows app. Perhaps under COM, or I remember a...
Jonathan Griffitts
jcg@...
Aug 28, 2000 3:06 pm
3368
- Here's the URL of a short article on the Version_1.1_ upgrade to XHTML. This posting will probably be of interest only to S4 programmers who are _currently_...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Aug 28, 2000 3:12 pm
3369
Hi, Jonathan, the timing of your message is my fortune. I joined this list on Friday last because I am looking for a C(++)-callable library that implements...
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