True. But there is no benefit to retain x. and y. etc. We have had a long time to get away from them. And they should be unavailable for a while before they could be used for something else.
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Zsbán Ambrus <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought the whole purpose of this change was to free up the names > > x., y. etc. for other uses. > > I don't think that was the purpose. Reusing them so early would just > cause a lot of confusion. None of the words freed up in earlier > versions of J is reused yet, such as '[. ]. ]: c.'. > > Ambrus > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
