Which syntax changes in 806 are not backwards compatible? (I can see changes where what was a syntax error will now do something else, but I have a hard time believing that that kind of change breaks backwards compatibility.)
Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:12 AM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Beta <[email protected]> wrote: > Something not brought up that is an issue is that 806 includes non-backward > compatible syntax changes. > > The limited hardware compatibility of avx, means that we might consider > avoiding new syntax if a new non-avx build that includes those syntax changes > doesn't get released (and stay up after avx "performance" updates are > released). > > If for some reason, non-avx tests fail, a fine solution to avoid syntax > adoption uncertainty would be to backport the parser enhancements to 805 > assuming these are entirely unrelated to avx code. > > > > ________________________________ > From: bill lam <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2017 4:37 AM > Subject: Re: [Jbeta] [Jprogramming] 806 beta-6 available > > > Sorry, this beta binary is for avx capable cpu only. > > Чт, 05 окт 2017, R.E. Boss написал(а): >> I hate to admit but after I download the new beta version j806_win64.zip and >> follow the instructions in >> http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/Zips# for windows, I'm >> stuck in the penultimate action, double clicking jconsole.exe . Whether I do >> it as a user or as administrator, nothing helps, the only thing is a flash >> of a window which closes immediately. >> If I reinstall j805_win64.zip, everything works fine. No problem whatsoever. >> I do have an old machine, so no avx-facilities, and windows 10. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> R.E. Boss >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
