Re: [Jchat] ibm goes down

Every old-school IBMer's darkest nightmare: a >> customer takeover. Lou even got IBM selling chips as a commodity. >> >> Well… you don't get rich selling clothes-pegs to gypsies. >> >> On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 13:59, Don Guinn wrote: >> &

Re: [Jchat] ibm goes down

>>> Less than that they were not interested. >>> >>> We are not in the fingers and toes business I was told. >>> >>> That was 30 years ago. >>> >>> They have been going downhill ever since I left. >>> >>> Þann mán., 12. apr.

Re: [Jchat] ibm goes down

“ 13 layers of managers.” The explanation of their survival is, I believe, their huge profit margins. I still recall when they got a contract to electronically handle the Toronto Stock Exchange trading system where they charged $18 per transaction. Their cost of course was just a few ele

[Jchat] Saving Data for Future Use

Hi folks:  Many thanks for the help so far.  I seem to be making considerable progress toward my modest objective of writing some straightforward code to manipulate data in two-dimensional arrays.  And I see written somewhere that:    "GettingHelp,...  A great manyexperienced J users m

Re: [Jchat] Saving Programs and Variables Permanently for Future Use

See www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/J4APL#Workspaces_and_Scripts . > > On 12 December 2015 at 19:22, 'Rodney Nicholson' via Chat < > c...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks: >> I am completely new to J, but I have fairly extensive experience from >> programming in AP

Re: [Jchat] Saving Programs and Variables Permanently for Future Use

December 2015 at 20:29, chris burke wrote: > See www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/J4APL#Workspaces_and_Scripts . > > On 12 December 2015 at 19:22, 'Rodney Nicholson' via Chat < > c...@jsoftware.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks: >> I am completely new to J,

Re: [Jchat] Saving Programs and Variables Permanently for Future Use

Perfect!  Thank you Chris.  You have made my weekend!    Rodney. On Saturday, December 12, 2015 9:30 PM, chris burke wrote: See www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/J4APL#Workspaces_and_Scripts . On 12 December 2015 at 19:22, 'Rodney Nicholson' via Chat < c...@jsoftware.com&

[Jchat] Saving Programs and Variables Permanently for Future Use

Hi folks:  I am completely new to J, but I have fairly extensive experience from programming in APL years ago.  So I am not finding it difficult to figure out enough about J to satisfy my present rather simple programming needs.  However, in APL I was used to working in a workspace and then sav