I am ok if legacy code can be fixed by a batch mode find and replace or sed. Your example of prompt is an exception, but I think it is a minor issue.
Hypothetically one can build a single misc script combining all general and math and other misc, then give it a shortcut name and reinstate the old require'misc' l On Jun 8, 2015 7:42 AM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > Backwards compatibility makes old reference works valid. Breaking it > increases the work needed to learn the language. > > Removing x. and y. when introducing x and y is one example of breaking > backwards compatibility. > > Another example is > > require 'general/misc/prompt' > > where in older versions off J this was: > > require'misc' > > So here's the question: what are we doing to unbreak the breakages > caused by these sorts of changes? > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
