This is a murky area. At least for me.

The Android work has gone in the direction of making the UNAME Android.
Maybe right, or maybe a mistake. I think Android is Linux on an Android
architecture.

I think iOS as Darwin on an iOS architecture.

For at least this first release, the iPhone/iPad/iTouch are UNAME Darwin.

IFIPAD and IFRETINA are defined. In the next beta, IFIOS will be defined.

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:12 PM, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> The iPhone version of J sets the value of UNAME to 'Darwin' this is
> usually the value set for mac systems. I realize the iOS and mac
> versions are very similar but there are significant differences the
> most important being no 2!:0 shell calls for iOS.
>
> How can a running j script  distinguish iOS from other J hosts.  I
> note a lot of addon code tests from various UNAME's  'Win', 'Linux',
> 'Darwin', 'Android' even 'iOS'.
>
> jdb
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:54 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I think with this hint of conspiracy (the missing 1.21 a la the Avro
> Arrow) this beta may be complete! :)
> >
> > Great work, Eric and I echo Joey's question of whether there is anything
> else we might do to help.
> >
> > Cheers, bob
> >
> > On 2012-05-31, at 12:33 PM, Eric Iverson wrote:
> >
> >> 1.21 was for my personal enjoyment (you don't want to know)
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Oh! You misunderstood me -- I wasn't asking for more, just giving kudos
> >>> for the great work you've already done!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the hint on extending things, already there are a great
> >>> number of possibilities.
> >>>
> >>> There is one burning question ... what happened to release 1.21?  NB.
> >>> this is a tongue in cheek question  :)
> >>>
> >>> Seriously, let us know what help anyone could offer for the next steps.
> >>>
> >>> - joey
> >>>
> >>> On 2012/05/31 12:06 , Eric Iverson wrote:
> >>>> I'm pretty much at the end of the road of what I am willing to do for
> >>> this
> >>>> first release.
> >>>>
> >>>> Note that jlocalhelp_z_ could be redefined in your start.ijs to have
> >>>> additional links to other local html files (e.g. ref cated , at play,
> >>> etc.).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Joey K Tuttle<[email protected]>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I echo Bob's remarks - adding WOW! Nice job.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To be fair, I didn't expect to be as impressed with the local help
> as I
> >>> am
> >>>>> after trying it. Having Henry's JforCers is really nice for new
> users.
> >>> It
> >>>>> would be lovely to have an entry document oriented to this new
> >>> environment,
> >>>>> and now the foundations are in place.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Other things that I already use on my iPad include Henry's reference
> >>> card
> >>>>> and Eugene's At Play With J, these I have in iBook where I also have
> J
> >>> for
> >>>>> C Programmers - comparing flipping back and forth really makes clear
> how
> >>>>> convenient/important the hview help materials are.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> - joey    iPa...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On May 31, 2012, at 11:07, bob therriault<[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hey Eric,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The jal/jw'' combo absolutely rocks!! It did take about 40 seconds
> to
> >>>>> download the files while on my iPhone 3GS and the return button was
> >>>>> highlighted during this time and the phone non responsive. It may be
> >>> worth
> >>>>> noting this delay in the instructions or even better use some sort
> of a
> >>>>> progress bar.
> >>>>>> Seriously though, as someone who is still on the J learning curve,
> the
> >>>>> ability to have the reference materials in the hview is huge. I think
> >>> that
> >>>>> you could create exponential growth in users if your final app loaded
> >>> and
> >>>>> opened one of the J reference texts and the reader could test as they
> >>> read
> >>>>> in the hview window. A procedural programmer reading and playing
> along
> >>> with
> >>>>>  J for C programmers would not remain a loop coder for long!
> >>>>>> Off to play. I really hope that Apple gives you a quick thumbs up on
> >>>>> this one. The world needs this app (and they don't even know it yet).
> >>>>>> Cheers, bob
> >>>>>>
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