RE: [MLUG] text to images?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

That's probably it. I think you're right. Thanks.

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Ian Monroe wrote:

> 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
> > 
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> > 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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