@Blake
Thanks for taking the trouble to post your suggestion regarding LJ.
I will give the matter some thought.
Regards
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From: "Blake McBride" <bl...@mcbride.name>
To: "Programming forum" <programm...@jsoftware.com>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 6:23 PM
Subject: [Jprogramming] Documentation on exiting J
Greetings,
Just providing some feedback....
The fist thing I wanted to know when I started J was how to exit. I did
some research and discovered 2!:55. I then defined a verb and used that
to
exit. Therefore, in order to get a clean way to exit a new language, I
had
to learn what a verb is, what system verbs were available, how to define
it, and how to load it. (I know about ^d but think that is hardly a clean
way to exit.)
Now, years later, I discover the pre-defined verb 'exit'. I checked the
docs, especially "Learning J". There is no mention of 'exit'!
As someone who has played with many languages over the years, and in fact
an author of one, I respectfully suggest updating chapter 1 of Learning J
to tell the user how to exit. Making a research project out of the first
obvious desire is an unnecessary impediment to a language acquision.
Additionally, since I discovered 'exit', a comprehensive dictionary of
pre-defined verbs would be very helpful. (I know about z, etc.)
Thanks. Just some thoughts...
Blake McBride
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