There is a system formerly called JOD for J Object Dictionary (formerly JAR) by John Baker. http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Packages/JAR I don't know if it does versioning though. Mention of Logos is only available on the web at http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=22008.22054 which means that it's closed for the general public. That is the fate of most of invaluable APL material: corporations and interest groups are just sitting on it and it gradually vanishes into the oblivion. (Another example "SHARP APL Technical Notes"). In one of the recent APL Quote Quads there was a desparate call of APL dying out and that yonger generations aren't attracted to it. This closedness of knowledge is one of the reasons. While other competing technolgies have open standards and they opened most of their documentaton (MSDN, Java) and journals (MS and IBM Systems Journals, etc) online, not needing a membership, which spawns vast online collaboration, the APL material just sits there until it becomes archeological artifact, like the writings of medieval friars put on display in castles of Europe. http://www.raygirvan.co.uk/apoth/udo.htm Or maybe it's the curse of APL from the start when IBM locked it out with the release of 360 deemed too dangerous to jeopardise their mainstream PL/I. Or it's a cult computer technology, meant for the chosen? ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Burke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: General forum <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 8:37:27 AM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] spreadsheets
dly wrote: > By the way--did anyone implement a Logos (Leslie Goldsmith et all) > environment for J or what do you use for code management? > > Code management tools were so late to be implemented--like architects > living in hovels while they design other peoples palaces. There is no Logos, nor any need for one. Instead, use any standard source code management system. For example, see Alex Rufon's pages on Subversion: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Subversion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
