I agree that support for x. and y. should be retained. While I never rely on them, they have consistency with the overall naming system. It's a bit odd to have six reserved names (x, y, m, n, u, v) but not odd to have zero reserved names.
I'm happy that the dots were deprecated, and I can't envision when a "classical" style would actually be benefitial, but I'm more comfortable leaving it as a vestigal feature than eliminating it. --Tracy On Feb 25, 2011 12:38 PM, "Zsbán Ambrus" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. > > Long time? How often do you rewrite all the old programs you ever wrote? > > Jsoftware already removes useful features we are using from J too > quickly, eg. look at when they removed jep for no reason. I think > that support for this setting (to allow y.) should be kept > indefinitely, possibly even after x. is reused for something else when > the option is cleared. > > 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
