Re: Lack of software abstractions

dly wrote:
> This topic began with a reference to this article
> by Paul Robinson
> http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.54.html
>...
> A discussion of this nature is neither a complaint nor a Request for
> Change.
> 
> Donna

Certainly lots to discuss!

However, a message like the one below is certainly a complaint and a
request for change. On this topic, I wrote up some notes in
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/General_FAQ/Workspace .

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http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2007-January/028713.html

I agree.  I know what can be done but in 2007 I didn't think I needed
to start from scratch.
I guess no money is spent on creating software application for
software engineers.

dly
dydre at sympatico.ca

On 26-Jan-07, at 8:15 PM, Joe Tibollo wrote:

> I don't think it is all that trivial.
>
> Ideally, it would be nice to save everything in the workspace and
> reload
> it with a simple
> ")save"  and  ")load" .  Having to write a function to query all
> locales
> and package all objects to a single file is a serious undertaking -
> perhaps that is why it still has yet to be done...