Sorry, I put that badly. It was really not a cry for a saved
workspace altho someone sent me a link to some functions that would
do that. I have still to check on Devon's functions for scripts.
When I started using APL I had a 64K workspace. (wow, I think that is
tantamount to admitting one's age) As an aside to creating my first
application, which I built while learning APL, I created functions
to swap functions and variables out of the workspace to a VSAM file
(virtual storage access method). This application, which I created
while doing my real job of designing and analyzing randomized
sampling for auditing, was for planning, scheduling and costing audit
projects. I also created a repertoire of functions such as date
routines (Y2K ready even then), pattern matching, limited linear
programming for scheduling etc.) that served me well for many years.
Most recently I work with J2EE deployments on SUN and some VB in MS
Windows but the mechanics are no longer my direct responsibility. I
am currently tinkering with J on my own laptop computer and would be
interested in the strategies others have found for code and data
management for personal computing. I would also be interested in
integrating J code into large mixed media implementations if anyone
has experience with that.
Donna
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On 26-Jan-07, at 4:03 AM, ramacd wrote:
This brings up another point for me. I imagine people who actual use
J have devised an environment for themselves but I have nothing
equivalent to the simple concept of saving an APL workspace.
Not that I agree with this reasoning, but I've figured that having no
workspace prevented the occurence of what I'll call the "dumpster"
workspace, where a )SAVE puts all the detritus that you happen to
have into
what turns out to be a permanent form. Over the years, I've gotten
used to
having a single workspace, with functions on file, loaded as
needed. Thus,
the require verb made perfect sense. In some sense, the workspace idea
encourages lax discipline.
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