Re: Problem building Io with the addons

Well, they are a relatively new addition (I just put them together in 
November), and no one has touched the wikibook in quite some time...

Anyways, glad you're up to speed.  And I did try that whois example 
earlier... it is broken.   I'll see if I can whip up a working one for 
you sometime soon.
Hope you enjoy it :)
-->Jake

On 2/20/2012 7:12 PM, Duke Normandin wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:46:04 -0500
> gatesphere <[email protected] <mailto:gatesphere%40gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 2/20/2012 6:40 PM, Duke Normandin wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:26:14 -0800
> > > Steve Dekorte <[email protected] <mailto:steve%40dekorte.com> 
> <mailto:steve%40dekorte.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Sorry if I missed something, but is there a reason you're not
> > > > using the binary distribution?
> > >
> > > Is that suggested somewhere at iolanguage.com? Somewhere
> > > obvious? Some place where a noob to the language couldn't miss
> > > it? :D
> > >
> > > It seems to be working OK now! So far ....
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Bottom of the front page...
> >
> > -->Jake
>
> I saw that too! But nowhere does it advise or even strongly suggest
> using the binary versions! :) Anyway, my first stop was:
>
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Io_Programming/Beginner%27s_Guide/Getting_Started
>
> At the bottom of the page there is a paragraph under the heading
> "Windows Systems" which recommends installing binaries. I thought
> that was for M$ Windows. Shouldn't that paragraph be at the top of
> the page? Where it can't be missed ... :)
>
>