I have uses for a conjunction u (6!:4) n defined as 'execute u, but give
a timeout error if execution lasts more than n seconds'.
I can see 2 uses: first, my immediate need, where I want to run lint on
a program that has a long-running sequence. I would like to halt
execution of any verb that takes more than 0.5 seconds.
Second, in any interactive system it might be desirable to halt a
process that takes too long.
This would be fairly easy to implement, I expect, and I'd try it if
Jsoftware would solve the problem of how to make official changes.
Henry Rich
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