I have a Lab at the following link that uses PREPARE quite a bit to load script snippets that are especially focused on the Lab. Does its use of PREPARE offend? My thought is that the scripts and definitions in the PREPARE section are all available in the .ijt file to everyone for my Labs.
Also, I would like to offer the Lab for the General category of Labs, but have no idea how to get it included/installed there. http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/BrianSchott/code/feedforwardNN On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Don Guinn <dongu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I completely agree. That is the difference of good use and bad use of > PREPARE. What I disagree with is that PREPARE should be removed because it > is possible to use it for sinister purposes. > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The big risk from PREPARE is the risk that the learner will not be >> able to reproduce their results outside of the lab, making the lab >> somewhat useless. >> >> I can see PREPARE being useful if it's enabling a UI that the lab >> exploits. However, I think that the use of PREPARE to do things that >> make the statements executed in the lab function properly would be >> wrong. For that purpose it would be better include something in some >> package which can be 'require'd. >> >> I've not taken time to review any PREPARE blocks here -- I do not have >> the time. But I doubt that anything I am saying here should be >> controversial. >> >> -- >> Raul -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
