I agree this (process/task) area is one where J could benefit from new work.
I am pretty sure that the proper framework could be provided for all platforms in a portable manner with cd. That is, there is no immediate need for jsource changes. The cd implementation might be adequate, and at worst it would provide specs for jsource changes.. Volunteers?: On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I was reading > https://computinged.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/announcing-a-new-framework-to-define-k-12-computer-science-education/ > and his point about processes struck a nerve. > > A process (as opposed to a task*) is a pretty important concept, and > one that we've been sloppy about, in J. > > 2!:1 is documented as returning '' instead of the process id needed > for 2!:3. It's also documented as not working on windows (even under > cygwin). I think both of these are mistakes. And on top of that, on a > mac: > > 2!:1 'sleep 3' > > does not return immediately. At least, not with > > 9!:14'' > j804/j64/darwin/release/commercial/www.jsoftware.com/2015-12-21 18:06:25 > > (Is chat the right forum for non-beta bug reports?) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
