Ok, now I'm hard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\/| Randy A MacDonald | APL: If you can say it, it's done.. (ram) |/\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |\ | | The only real problem with APL is that BSc(Math) UNBF'83 | it is "still ahead of its time." Sapere Aude | - Morten Kromberg Natural Born APL'er | Demo website: http://156.34.66.254/ -----------------------------------------------------(INTP)----{ gnat }-
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Bron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: RE: [Jgeneral] Lack of software abstractions > Joe Tibollo wrote: > > Having to write a function to query all locales > > and package all objects to a single file is a serious undertaking > > > > I don't think it is all that trivial. > > I disagree. It is not a serious undertaking, and it is trivial. It > took me 6-8 minutes and 3 lines. Here: > > require'keyfiles' > save =: (<@:[ keycreate) (3!:1@:(5!:1)@:] keywrite ,)"0 ;@:((] > , '_' , [ , '_'"_) L: 0 verb : '<nl__y $~0'"0)@:conl bind '' > load =: < (] 4 : ('(x) =: y 5!:0';'1') :: 0:&> > (3!:2&.>)@:keyread"1@:,.) keydir > > > f =: jpath'~temp\X.jkf' > > FNAF_floop_ =: 'my original value' > save f > > FNAF_floop_ =: 'restore my value!' > load f > 1 1 1 1 1 ... > > FNAF_floop_ > my original value > > > that is why it still has yet to be done... > > It has yet to be done because that's not how we do it in J. That's > how you do it in APL. In J, we use script files. > > If you want, we can discuss the relative merits of the two approaches. > > -Dan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
