Roger - thanks for sharing. The 300KB statically linked windows binary is impressive. I wish I knew this existed back in the 90s. It only took me ~20 years to find out
On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Roger Stokes <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me try again: > > "An Implementation of J" AND Joe's MicroJ > > Responding to posts on both of these ... > > "An Implementation of J" was published with the source files at about > the same time. Over the years these have had much value and interest for > me. From them I've built more than one J interpreter > with small variations which seemed like a good idea at the time. > > I have put some stuff on my website: four zip files. > Each one contains a complete set of source files from about 1993, > a compiled executable, some documentation (read.me) and a build script > Each executable (imp.exe or imp) is a single statically-linked file and > should run in a terminal window. > > www.learningj.com/W0.zip is for Windows: it sticks close to the original > source files. > > www.learningj.com/L0.zip is for Linux, similarly. > > www.learningj.com/W1.zip for Windows is an experimental variant: > it allows newlines in quoted strings, which IMO makes for > nicer explicit defs. > > www.learningj.com/L1.zip is for Linux similarly. > > > >> >> Regards > >> >> On 02/07/2015 16:22, Eric Iverson wrote: >>> >>> Roger Hui's 'An Implementation of J', published in 1992, is >>> fascinating for anyone interested in J (particularly the innards of >>> J). After 22 years, it remains as remarkable and timeless as the first >>> edition of the Dictonary. >>> >>> A complete copy is now available at: >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/books/pdf/aioj.pdf >>> >>> It is images, so isn't quite as nice as if we went the extra OCR step, >>> but works well. There are a few extra/missing blank pages, but it is >>> all there. It is still relevant for anyone interested in understanding >>> the J source. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
