I think that why this is so overlooked is that we in the J community are used to an interactive environment, not a compiled one. We usually just enter verbs and nouns and get their results immediately - we don't need the REPL infrastructre as its already built in.
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:50 AM, PackRat <pack...@anet.com> wrote: > Devon McCormick wrote: > > Have you looked at this: > > www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RicSherlock/Temp/InteractivePrompt ? > > Thank you VERY much! > > I wish someone along the line had merely said something like, "Have you > tried the 'prompt' verb in the 'misc' library?" That verb is exactly > what I was looking for in terms of user input, and it works fine to do > what I wanted. I didn't even know it existed. (This is where an index > or annotated list of ALL library verbs in the J system available to a > programmer would be of great use.) > > Just a word about my desiring this style of user input/output. I KNOW > that a GUI interface is better, and that's eventually where I want to > go with it. But I was trying to follow the J programming paradigm > where you get the program logic right first, and then flesh it out. > That's why I wanted to use the quick and dirty approach for user > input/output to get the whole thing working right as quickly as > possible (without using valuable programming time for the effort > necessary to get GUI aspects just right). Once I know the code is > working, then I can go back and make it look fancier. > > > Harvey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
