stchacademy

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   by stchacademy 6y ago

   This is one of the main things I'm working on. For now, what does work is a webview-type of GUI application - another thing I'm very focused on. Let me put it like this: - Just open the REPL (Arturo's terminal) - Write: web
2. 32.▲
   by stchacademy 6y ago

   Well, the main difference is that - although we do use strings (for files, urls, etc) - the appropriate datatypes are constructed implicitly, that is: no need for newFile("someFile") or %someFile. "someFile", if it is
3. 33.▲
   by stchacademy 6y ago

   Yes, you are right. And this is the way it works throughout, with different functions - 'do' aside, that is. For example, there is the very powerful 'read' function. This may take a simple string (text), a file location
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   by stchacademy 6y ago

   Thanks a lot for your nice words! :) Regarding 'parse', it's absolutely in my to-do list. Although, already, the language by its very nature has the means to do it (even you, as a user, could) - but I have to prioritize thing
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   by stchacademy 6y ago

   Easy-of-use, flexibility, blocks and dialecting, no-reserved-keywords approach, wide range of datatypes, homoiconicity - to name a few. That being said, as I've already mentioned, my goal was not to make a Rebol replica. Arturo is a ne
6. 36.▲
   by stchacademy 6y ago

   No, Arturo has a wide range of built-in datatypes but no literal forms of IP addresses or URLs or e-mails or so. And that was a conscious choice. Having different forms of declaring literals, in my eyes simply "litters" the langua
7. 37.▲
   by stchacademy 6y ago

   I didn't say that in a despective way at all. My only point is that Red - as far I've seen it at least - tries to maintain a great deal of compatibility with Rebol, while Arturo used it as a starting point. (Arturo can be run as v
8. 38.▲
   by stchacademy 6y ago

   I've watching/studying Red for a long time. And it is a very legitimate effort to be honest. However, when trying to do too much at the same time (and attempting to build a full-stack, do-it-all language would surely qualify for t
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   by stchacademy 6y ago

   Yes, Red is another fine language. However, to be fair, I would say Red is practically like Rebol v3. Arturo's goal is not to become yet another Rebol, but combine its positive aspects (which are a lot ) with other features of modern
10. 40.▲
    by stchacademy 6y ago

    Well, you have a point here: even? (and odd?) is somehow missing from the (auto-)generate docs at the wiki. I'll fix it asap. Thanks for letting me know. Regarding the syntax: every "function" in Arturo takes a specific numbe
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    by stchacademy 6y ago

    Well, I could argue... "why not?". Rebol - Arturo's ideological grandparent - is a great language (albeit not as well-known as it should be). And Arturo attempts to get the best bits of it and make a modern take on programmin
12. 42.▲
    by stchacademy 6y ago

    thanks a lot. you're very welcome!
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    by stchacademy 6y ago

    thanks a lot for your kind words. Arturo is a love child of mine and a project I've been working on in the past many years. Rebol has absolutely been an inspiration. But I'm just trying a different take on it - a bit more flexible
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    by stchacademy 6y ago

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