Agreed. Thanks!
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Juergen Sauermann < juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I have changed the code so that ⎕PW is not copied when no objects are > specified > in the )COPY command, SVN > > As much as I like IBM APL2 compatibility there is a limit to it when it > begins > to make no sense anymore. > > For example if I would say: > > * )COPY some_WS A B ⎕PW* > > then IBM APL2 would copy A and B but not ⎕PW. This is rather > counter-intuitive and > I take the freedom to copy ⎕PW in GNU APL even though IBM APL2 would not. > > When it comes to commands, the ISO standard explicitly leaves a lot of > freedom > to their implementation. > > /// Jürgen > > > > On 07/02/2014 05:01 AM, Blake McBride wrote: > > As I've stated before, I am not smart enough to understand that spec. > IBM's language manual is readable, and it is clear about how it works. > Also, I just tested IBM APL 2. It works as I describe. > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Elias Mårtenson <loke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The standard spec is not entirely clear on this, but the way I read it >> suggests that everything it supposed to be copied. >> >> Regards, >> Elias >> >> >> On 2 July 2014 09:58, Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> According to the IBM APL2 Programming Language Reference (page 423), the >>> )COPY command should not copy ⎕PW. The manual states: "The only system >>> objects that can be copied are ⎕CT, ⎕FC, ⎕IO, ⎕LX, ⎕PP, ⎕PR, and ⎕RL. >>> >>> Current GNU APL: >>> >>> )CLEAR >>> CLEAR WS >>> ⎕PW←80 >>> )save ws1 >>> 2014-07-01 20 <2014-07-01%20%C2%A020>:57:00 (GMT-5) >>> ⎕PW←132 >>> )COPY ws1 >>> SAVED 2014-07-02 -4:57:00 (GMT-5) >>> ⎕PW >>> 80 >>> >>> >> > >
