On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Christopher McIntosh <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmiller@...> wrote: >> > Arguably, it's bad practice to use global values with any of these names: >> > m n u v x y >> > >> > These names have special meanings for J, and using them globally is >> > likely to confuse people.
> Language/Library inconsistency causes more confusion. Also, the available > books > are full of examples where x and y are used. So, simply copying and pasting > the > examples leads to bad practice. I believe that any use of m n u v x y as globals, in books, should be considered a bug and reported to the author. That said, they can be handy for use in reference examples, since their use is suggestive of about context (for people that understand what they mean, in the language). -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
