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Andreas
Thanks to Barry Walsh (draegtun), Github now should have significantly improved detection of Rebol code when using the .r suffix. For example, red/red is now more correctly identified to consist of ~99% Rebol code.
Further, the .reb suffix is now also supported to unambiguously identify (and thus: syntax highlight) Rebol code. For example:
https://github.com/rebol/projects/blob/master/tcp/basic/tcp-serve.reb
Finally, some changes I pushed to Pygments a while ago seem to now be live on Github as well. That means that most Rebol files were syntax highlighting was previously somewhat broken should now be more properly highlighted. One case I can remember which was previously broken is prot-http.r from the R3 sources:
https://github.com/rebol/rebol/blob/master/src/mezz/prot-http.r

DocKimbel

GrahamC
Andrea G has released his rebol3 mysql driver for testing.  https://github.com/kronwiz/r3-mysql
Oldes
If anybody has account on Bitbucket, please vote for this issue so it has some priority to be merged into next version:
https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/issue/985/rebol-formatting-fails-after-a-multiline
Maxim
done

Andreas
Shixin Zeng has reminded us of his port of Nenad's MySQL driver to Rebol 3 :
https://github.com/zsx/mysql-r3
Just as Nenad's original, this is a pure-Rebol implementation of the MySQL protocol.
Together with Andrea G's mysql binding written as a R3 extension (mentioned by Graham above), there are now have at least two MySQL drivers publically available for Rebol 3.
ddharing
The send-sql function of the new R3 MySQL driver supports both the classic blocking and new non-blocking by using the /async refinement.
For example: send-sql/async db sql result.
I will be providing a link for this driver from the Atronix download page as well.
The /async refinement is very useful for GUIs because your query can return a large result set without freezing the screen.

Oldes
You can be the first to try this: https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/Red

Oldes
Sublime's Red language package reviewed: https://github.com/Oldes/Sublime-Red
Any improvement requests are welcome. I will add REBOL package soon.

Oldes
So REBOL is finally there as well: https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/REBOL

Bo
Nothing specifically Rebol or Red related in this month's issue of ODROID Magazine, but it is still an interesting read as it may give some of the Rebol/Red community ideas for improving on something presented using a different language.
http://magazine.odroid.com
Next month, however, I'm publishing an article on the ODROID Show serial/USB-controlled LCD screen - I wrote a dialect for controlling it with Rebol 3.  If anyone wants the dialect before the issue comes out, PM me here.

Maxim
Just thought I'd share that I've done a few releases of Glass and many of the slim libs in the last weeks. many goodie in there.

Reichart
This year we did a BIL in SF, Canada, Tunisia (it was AMAZING), and now............................... Paris!

Josh
I submitted the pull request that includes serial code for Win32 and POSIX.  This is originally based on Carl's posix serial code (from ReCode) and I have extended it to Windows.   There is still a little cleanup to do, but it should work if you need to use it!
https://github.com/rebol/rebol/pull/223

Maxim
For those who are serious about it, I have a prototype of  STONE DB which I have been given the green light to share to a few people.
This release is not open source yet, its a business thing, but I have been confirmed by the company partners that later this year we will be opening up the source.  on my one year old lenovo ideapad y580 (core i7)   I am averaging 250'000 item insertion and 250'000 links per second.
basically, the db is able to run a speeds which flood the iteration rate of REBOL.
PM me for a download link.

Maxim
StoneDB now has a full DB index search.  so you can search for any value in the db accross ALL non-infinite datasets.
fun fact is that the index is implemented using the db itself, its just another dataset which I am using as I would any other. (linking things to the index).  so it doesn't require ANY  extra code in the db back-end.

Bo
The June 2014 issue of ODROID Magazine is available for download!  On page 6 is an article entitled "Programming Your ODROID-Show  - Using the Rebol programming language to improve the hardware interface" by yours truly.  It outlines a dialect I wrote to handle displaying information on the discrete display device called the ODROID-Show.
The ODROID-Show is a 2.2 inch display with 320x240 resolution and 64K colors controlled via USB through an Arduino microcontroller available through Hardkernel for $25.  As the ODROID-Show works on any computer with a USB port, the Rebol dialect can also be used on any computer to display to it.

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