I don't know the domain very well but it looks like part of your problem has to do with trying to work synchronously in an asynch medium - am I interpreting this corrrectly? On Mar 24, 2014 2:00 PM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> We (people) have a general problem where things seem simple when we > understand them but they seem outrageously complex when we do not > understand them. > > We have evolved a variety of mechanisms to deal with the transition between > complex and simple, and there's something fascinating about all stages of > the process. > > Anyways, I would not knock yourself too hard for struggling with this kind > of thought. Simply being willing to work through it, here, might have > educational benefits for others, in the future. And, it will also help you > understand some of the architectural struggles other people might be > facing, when refactoring and/or working with stable interfaces. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Brian Schott <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Björn, > > > > The short answer is, yes, but ... > > > > I have been revising a turtle graphics app, tgsj, that employed opengl, a > > sort of precursor to webgl, calling the new version tgsjhs. tgsj was > > entirely a j app with dll calls to opengl and all of the turtle move/turn > > commands eventually use paint verb to alter the drawing. tgsjhs is > similar > > and I was stuck on thinking that each paint should draw the webgl canvas > by > > sending the turtle/canvas state to javascript using jhrajax. I guess no > one > > could imagine that I would not realize that putting the jhrajax into the > > ev_command_enter was the obvious, needed variation. I had no difficulty > > placing PENDING=:'' in ev_command_enter, and building PENDING in paint, > but > > I never did think to put `jhrajax PENDING` into ev_command_enter. I think > > the reason it took so long for folks to understand my problem was that it > > should not have been a problem. > > > > > > ev_command_enter=:3 :0 > > PENDING=:'' > > ". s=. getv 'command' > > jhrajax PENDING > > ) > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:57 AM, Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Trying to understand the issue. > > > > > > You want to start several batch jobs and you do not really know if some > > of > > > them have finished yet? > > > > > > Right? > > > > > > - > > > Björn Helgason > > > gsm:6985532 > > > skype:gosiminn > > > > > > -- > > (B=) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
