Re: Lack of software abstractions

What java does is using jar[0]( ear, and war[1]) to put together and
compress all the files into a single file.

Python has got similar functionaliy; its module import
statement("import") can import files inside zip files[2] in addition
to from plain text files.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAR_%28file_format%29
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAR_(file_format)
[2] http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0273/


2007/1/27, bill lam <bbill.lam-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Joe Tibollo wrote:
> > J is excellent as well.  I have problems with packaging J applications
> > and debugging.  That aside, it does not affect my willingness to use J
> > for personal use.  For commercial use, at least for the present, I find
> > other tools a bit easier.  I hope that changes some day.
> >
>
> I think that deployment can be made easier if there is a J Runtime Environment
> (JRE, J is not Java). There are about 500 ijs files total 2MB under J system
> directory. If all these script files could be combined into one or several
> files, then it only need to deploy around 10 files (exe + dll + library )to a
> folder \JRE.
>
> --
> regards,
> bill
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