Solves the problem. Thanks!
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Juergen Sauermann < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Blake, > > ythanks, I have changed the ∇-editor so that incorrect lines cause > an immediate error message when entered, SVN 334. > > /// Jürgen > > > > On 06/20/2014 05:49 AM, Blake McBride wrote: > > GNU APL: > > ∇tt > [1] 'aaa > [2] x←1 > [3] x←2 > [4] x←3 > [5] ∇ > DEFN ERROR+ > ∇tt > ^ > > You loose lines 2 3 and 4 too! > > IBM APL 2: > > ∇TT > [1] 'AAA > [2] X←1 > [3] X←2 > [4] X←3 > [5] ∇ > TT > SYNTAX ERROR > TT[1] 'AAA > ^ > > In IBM you don't loose anything. It simply tells you where the error > is, and you can fix it. > > The problem with GNU APL is that it lets you type in a long function > without telling you there is a missing quote. When you try to end the > edit, the entire function is lost along with all of your typing. IBM lets > you type in the error, along with any other error. It is discovered when > you execute the function _without_ loosing everything you typed. You can > simply fix the line it points to. > > Thanks. > > Blake > > > >
