> Sadly, jsoftware.com/zippy.htm is gone, https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Symbol-Minded
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 8:06 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Sadly, jsoftware.com/zippy.htm is gone, so I can't refer to it here > (and the associated gif is transparent and looks a mess on the black > background used by modern browsers). > > Anyways, here's some different perspectives on the incunabulum: > > (1) It's a model. Adding error checking to give error messages when > the user used unsupported syntax would have increased its size by > several orders of magnitude. And, this would have mostly served to > conceal the model. > > (2) When working with compilers which are capable of representing > hardware features, crashing is something you need to incorporate into > your workflow (you need coping measures for it). > > (3) brevity is the soul of ___ > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
