Archive for October, 2007

Launch Current Version Of Script Interpreter

Posted on Friday, 2007-October-19. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , |

I have an environment where there are certain applications that require specific versions of software to work correctly.  For example, there might be an application that depends upon an ancient form of Java or Ruby or ???.  Yet, when I write something, I usually do not want it to use an antiquated version.  Furthermore, my [...]

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What It’s All About

Posted on Friday, 2007-October-19. Filed under: REBOL, SmallTalk | Tags: , , , |

James Robertson has a screencast that shows an example of why we want to learn to use our available tools to automate repetitive tasks.  Apparently, every few minutes, a spammer defaces a couple pages on a particular wiki.  His solution is to script the automatic restoration at set intervals.
Question: In your environment, what repetitive tasks [...]

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