Just to be fair, I have my desktop machine dual booting at home. The primary OS is OSX and boot camped Windows Vista Starter.
I had to install Vista Starter since Windows XP is more expensive and its main purpose is playing games (so the 3 APPS cap is not a problem). For everything else (at home at least), we use Mac. I have tried installing crossover/wine software to run Steam (and its games) but running natively beats emulation (oops ... not an emulator) all the time. So my kids and relatives would use Mac for word processing, email, browsing and internet calls but will reboot to Windows Vista to play Left4Dead, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress ... Oh, btw, on the Mac, were playing Plants VS Zombies ... it's a real time sink. :P Of course ... on my Acer Aspire One ... its Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Windows XP (its the OS that came with the unit) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Rufon Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:25 AM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] [Jgeneral] xf. ROFLOL! You just made my day! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Brand Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:14 PM To: General forum Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] xf. > I have just received Vector 24/1. They announce the book "At Play with > J", but immediately say that there will be a second revised edition "in > which the examples match the current version of J". > Would you start using any program in that conditions? Millions of people are doing just that with Windows Vista ;-)) 2009/6/9 Alain Delmotte <[email protected]>: > Hi! > > I think there is a problem of updating the documentation. > For example, in Primer > - in tacit definition, still some x. and y. > - in tacit definition, at the end the discussion doesn't agree with the > screen captures > - the file system was modified in 6.02, but this is not in Primer, where > some examples do not work > (especially the "user" folder, problem with profile.ijs???) > - for component files "jsize f" returns 2176 and not 1408 > - the two GUI exercises give error with "wd" > > I know that maintaining documentation is almost as difficult as > maintaining the program itself, but if we want to have beginners use J, > the documentation should be straightforward. One has not to expect that > the user will correct the mistakes, he will just go and use something else. > > And what about the other books; User's manual, Introduction and > dictionary, Exploring math,...? > > I have just received Vector 24/1. They announce the book "At Play with > J", but immediately say that there will be a second revised edition "in > which the examples match the current version of J". > Would you start using any program in that conditions? > > Alain Delmotte > > Brian Schott a écrit : >> Don, >> >> Your fix helped, but I have another question. The definition of even >> seems to work your way and also if the definition is forced to be a >> dyadic definition by inserting a line ':' before the meat of the >> definition. That surprises me and I would like to understand that >> better. Also the definition of even works with u instead of x, but >> that does not surprise me. >> >> Regarding typo's there may be 2 more. >> a) I found the definition of the verb pol in the section 14.1, not 14.2. >> b) The experiment later on the page needed parentheses around 'e even' . >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
