Rebol for Programmers Tutorial

I combined a bunch of new and old tutorial materials to create a really quick-reading run through for experienced developers who are coming to Rebol for the first time: http://re-bol.com/rebol_for_programmers.html

Thank you. I scanned through it here at work and already found some useful tips. I myself, at one point, started a page called "REBOL for COBOL programmers" to try to identify how my own programming background might be hindering my understanding of REBOL. I was thinking of leaving it behind when I retire since I also will be leaving behind a few REBOL applications that I wrote during the interval when we were transitioning away from COBOL TO something else, but had not yet identified what we were moving TO. By the time I get it done, there probably won't be any COBOL programmers left alive to read it.

Hi Steve, Is your Rebol for COBOL programmers tutorial available online?

I tried to find some free place to put it until I could show it to someone to see if it was worth keeping. I think it would make a "real" REBOL programmer gag. So I found the following place, where it is for now. I have found that if I don't go back and look at it at least once a month, they delete it. So it might not last there, but I have a backup. http://coboltorebol.byethost7.com/ I would use google if I could upload it in the format I want it, but I can't seem to. I also am considering the idea of moving it all to a makedoc format, but the downside of that is one monster file. So I plod along as is for now.

If you lose hosting, I'll be happy to give it a home at http://re-bol.com Also, I updated http://re-bol.com/rebol_for_programmers.html with some additional sections and organization

Thank you. I will make note of that. Now that the thing has become known, I will try to get back to working on it. The next COBOL verb to write about was SEARCH, which REBOL does with FIND, so I was stalled because I have to become a bit handier with the series datatype. Nothing like trying to explain something to highlight the things one does not understand.

There are 399 instances of "find" in the text at http://business-programming.com . Take a look through the examples and lemme know if you have any questions :)

'Parse should also be on the list of "search" terms - to find and manipulate every occurrence of a string or item in a string or series.