On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:25 AM, David Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: ... > > I was amazed when I reviewed ~System/main/stdlib.ijs . It has much more in it > than the last time I looked. > > In my opinion, it would be worthwhile for any user to be familiar with its > content.
In the earlier system, stdlib was a fairly small script, and there were several other utility scripts in the same ~system/main subdirectory. Typically, real life examples of J began with loading these other scripts, e.g. load 'dates files strings'. In J7, stdlib is expanded to include these other utilities. I suppose one reason for keeping them separate initially was to minimize load time, but nowadays the time take to load scripts like stdlib on startup is trivial. We still need to document the new stdlib, though there are very few changes from J6, so the earlier docs will work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
