This? http://jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Interpreter/Bugs#numeric_dyad_E._corrupts_memory
-- Raul On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > There was an optimization for E., and that broke E. for non-character > arguments. Some integer arguments will crash J. > > Henry Rich > > > On 9/23/2015 4:25 PM, Joey K Tuttle wrote: >> >> Yep, one does have to be old enough ... >> >> >> 9!:14 '' >> 4.05/2001-05-16/11:30 >> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >> 0 0 0 1 0 >> >> 9!:14 '' >> j503a/2004-03-25/00:05 >> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >> 0 0 0 1 0 >> >> 9!:14 '' >> j504/2005-03-16/15:30 >> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >> 0 0 0 1 0 >> >> 9!:14 '' >> j601/2006-11-17/17:05 >> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >> 0 0 0 0 0 >> >> Something went sideways between j504 and j601 ... >> >> It is an interesting bit of history - and a new regression expression for >> Roger! >> >> I feel (a little) less guilty about still using j504 in much of my >> production use of j... >> >> >> >>> On 2015 Sep 23, at 11:33 , R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sometimes ... >>> >>> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >>> 0 0 0 0 0 >>> >>> JVERSION >>> Installer: j602a_win64.exe >>> Engine: j602/2008-03-03/16:45 >>> Library: 6.02.071 >>> >>> >>> R.E. Boss >>> >>> >>>> Sometimes, older is wiser... >>>> >>>> (I try to tell my grand kids that ... ;-) >>>> >>>> $ ja >>>> JVERSION >>>> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 >>>> Library: 8.01.028 >>>> Platform: Linux 64 >>>> Installer: j801 install >>>> InstallPath: /usr/local/lib/j64-801 >>>> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >>>> 0 0 0 0 0 >>>> >>>> But going back 10 years (and using my system that has been running >>>> reliably for more than 15 ...) >>>> >>>> $ ja >>>> version '' >>>> j504/2005-03-16/15:30 >>>> Running in: Linux >>>> Linux version 2.4.20-28.8 ([email protected]) (gcc version >>>> 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Thu Dec 18 12:53:39 EST 2003 >>>> >>>> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >>>> 0 0 0 1 0 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2015/09/23 08:14 , R.E. Boss wrote: >>>>> >>>>> _2 1 E. 1 2 _1 _2 1 >>>>> 0 0 0 0 0 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> R.E. Boss >>>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
