RE: [MLUG] text to images?

[Ian Monroe <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've never heard that before. You may be thinking of Rebol.

It is written in C.

Its pretty nifty. Its based off of Python and Perl (so you perl folks
can't take all the credit for it.) Everything in it is an object, even
intergers.

Ian Monroe
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/

On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Michael wrote:

> Isn't a lot of Ruby based on non-free extensions? Or is that a
> misconception (possibly based on some other language)?
> 
> "The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the
> opening of new frontiers."
>                                        -- Arthur Koestler
> 
> *^*^*^*
> Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/
> 
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Matt Ross wrote:
> 
> > I must admit, I've never heard of ruby before.  I use Perl, have been
> > begining to learn php, and want to start on python next, but ruby is new to
> > me.  I think I'll learn it next then, ruby is my birthstone ;-)
> > 
> > What's a good site for intro to ruby?
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Jonathan King
> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:32 AM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG] text to images?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Matt Ross wrote:
> > 
> > > I was refering to the common misunderstanding about perl, that it is some
> > > sort of web language.
> > 
> > Oh, like, wow; that had just not occurred to me...thanks for pointing that
> > out.  But while we're on the subject, there was an inordinately
> > interesting (to me, anyway) thread on slashdot about so-called
> > "lightweight languages", based on a workshop held at MIT.  A conference
> > report can be seen at:
> > 
> >     http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/11/21/lightweight.html
> > 
> > I think it is massively important that languages like perl, python, ruby,
> > (and maybe even php?) are beginning to get some kind of (grudging)
> > attention in the academic community where the lisps, and ML variants
> > have been considered the only "real" languages.  It doesn't help anybody
> > that perl is pigeon-holed as a "web language", that ocaml is merely an
> > "academic language" and that ruby is right out just because its creator is
> > Japanese.
> > 
> > jking
> > 
> > 
> > 
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