> On Mar 30, 2020, at 2:45 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, you are correct about "jfiles". I fixed it.
Thank you for that! > > "jfiles" does look like the component file system as I remember it from > STSC but there's a question of whether we want to emulate an old format > like this which reflects the limitations of a bygone era. I don't know of a way to match its flexibility and permanence even today. It (1 files at STSC) was developed in the days before boxing, but it served the same purpose and eliminated the volatility of main memory. How else to manipulate dissimilar records, each capable of changing rank, size, shape, and type, in a linear permanent store? I never learned the mechanics of its internals, but relied on it heavenly and am still impressed! I hope the j version (1 files from IPSA, probably STSC's origin?) is as good. (Nice, at least from my iPhone I can reply to general@jsoftware without involving Mike Day, even using a synchronized contacts list with my Mac mini!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
