Almost is not good enough 2009/5/31 Don Guinn <[email protected]>
> I modified the J myinit.ijs and added file type ijs to start J resulting in > clicking any file of type ijs to run it without the ijx window. It comes up > very quickly, faster than most exe files. I can create a shortcut to the > file to make a pretty icon on the screen if I wish. To me that is almost as > good as having an exe file. > > 2009/5/31 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > > > Dyalog APL has one thing of importance J does not have and that is the > > ability yo create exe files in M$ that you can click on and run. > > > > Ok in J you can create bat files to run but it is not the same > > > > 2009/5/31 Matthew Brand <[email protected]> > > > > > >> Is this provocative statement a bait waiting for Morten to bite ;-) > > > > > > No comment :-)). That is impression I get wrt APL, legacy and price > > though. > > > > > > If we look at the situation logically, APL came first and was > > > revolutionary. But it had some things about it that were not quite > > > right. Then J came along without those things and with a whole bunch > > > more stuff. So that means that the only reason to choose APL over J is > > > due to legacy or irrationally. Such as deciding that expensive is best > > > or believing that it won't be around for very long due to lack of > > > funding - although it has not been disclosed on this thread how much > > > income the consulting generates so we cannot make that assumption at > > > this stage. > > > > > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 2:44 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 31 May 2009, Matthew Brand wrote: > > > >> On a serious note, I get the impression that the two main reasons > > > >> people choose APL is legacy and the psychological disorder related > to > > > >> our expectations of increased quality as a function of price. > > > > > > > > Is this provocative statement a bait waiting for Morten to bite ;-) > > > > > > > > Seriously, I dislike the way dyalog allied with m$ and dotnet. > > > > However I agree that dyalog can be more commercially successful than > > > > J. There is a chinese idiom "曲高和寡" which I googled it to mean > > > > "caviar to the general" > > > > > > > > -- > > > > regards, > > > > ==================================================== > > > > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > > > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > > > > 唐詩214 李商隱 籌筆驛 > > > > 猿鳥猶疑畏簡書 風雲常為護儲胥 徒令上將揮神筆 終見降王走傳車 > > > > 管樂有才原不忝 關張無命欲何如 他年錦里經祠廟 梁父吟成恨有餘 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > > Fugl&Fiskur ehf, > > Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum > > Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , > > t-póst: [email protected] > > gsm: +3546985532 > > Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta > > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > > | ) | (\_ _/) > > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ > > `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
