[not office safe] Re: Lack of software abstractions

Ok, now I'm hard.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bron" <jf-pk/dOXfYWDBeoWH0uzbU5w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <general-eCoxsOKuxbJl57MIdRCFDg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Jgeneral] Lack of software abstractions


> Joe Tibollo wrote:
> >  Having to write a function to query all locales
> >  and package all objects to a single file is a  serious undertaking
> >
> >  I don't think it is all that trivial.
> 
> I disagree.  It is not a serious undertaking, and it is trivial.  It  
> took me 6-8 minutes and 3 lines.  Here:
> 
>    require'keyfiles'
>    save    =: (<@:[ keycreate) (3!:1@:(5!:1)@:] keywrite ,)"0  ;@:((]  
> , '_' , [ , '_'"_) L: 0 verb : '<nl__y $~0'"0)@:conl bind ''
>    load     =: < (] 4 : ('(x) =: y 5!:0';'1') :: 0:&>  
> (3!:2&.>)@:keyread"1@:,.) keydir
> 
> 
>    f           =:  jpath'~temp\X.jkf'
> 
>    FNAF_floop_ =: 'my original value'
>    save f
> 
>    FNAF_floop_ =: 'restore my value!'
>    load f
> 1 1 1 1 1 ...
> 
>    FNAF_floop_
> my original value
> 
> > that is why it still has yet to be done...
> 
> It has yet to be done because that's not how we do it in J.  That's  
> how you do it in APL.  In J, we use script files.
> 
> If you want, we can discuss the relative merits of the two approaches.
> 
> -Dan
> 
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