On 10/30/07, Randy MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not convinced.  The cases where one would be sorry are covered by
> the Open-Closed principle, and restricting the domain removes the
> independence of the verb on the argument.

I am dubious of this reasoning.

First off, the Open/Closed principle, as I understand it, is based
on certain kinds of deployment, which differ from J software's
approach for the language.  Open/closed seems to about introducing
new subclasses -- new locales which reference the old locale -- for any
new behavior or features.)

When a new version of J is released, we download a fresh copy of
the interpreter.  Open/Closed would be more appropriate for some
code managed by J's package manager than for changes to the
core language.

That said, I am not at all sure what you mean by "removes the
independence of the verb on the argument", and I may be overlooking
an important point.

-- 
Raul
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