Thanks again! On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:08 AM, roger stokes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pepe (and anyone else interested) > > Here is a version of the J Introduction and > Dictionary for J7 dated 1993. It is at > > www.learningj.com/JDOC1993.zip > > The Dictionary is complete but the Introduction has only a > few pages at present. Size is 47Mb. > > Each page is a jpeg, readable I hope, though I wish it looked > better. Can be zoomed. > > The paper document does not have unified page numbering, so > I have put a handwritten page number on each, and the > filenames of the jpegs reference these numbers. > > The Dictionary begins at page 063, the long-lost trains > are at page 072 and the early form of the colon conjunction > is at the bottom of page 080. > > It's a bit late to think of this, but I hope the JSoftware people > will approve since the copyright is theirs ! > > Regards > Roger > > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Jose Mario Quintana < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > There is no rush Roger; thanks in advance. > > > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:21 AM, roger stokes <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > Pepe, thanks for your interest. I'll try to get something uploaded in > > the > > > near future > > > and will let you know when there is something to see. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Jose Mario Quintana < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for posting these links Roger. I, for one, am interested in > J7. > > > I > > > > tried and it feels a little alien now. So, please upload the > > > corresponding > > > > "J Introduction and Dictionary" if you do not mind. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 6:37 AM, roger stokes < > > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > If there is some interest in the early J interpreters, then > people > > > > might > > > > > like to know that > > > > > there is some stuff on my website: a couple of 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: > > > > > > > > > > www.learningj.com/L0.zip is for Linux > > > > > > > > > > I have a copy of the "J Introduction and Dictionary", for Version 7 > > of > > > > 1993 > > > > > and if there was any interest > > > > > I could scan it and upload it (although I have an idea somebody > might > > > > have > > > > > done this already) > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:22 AM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Pepe wrote: > > > > > > > Let us add another twist, courtesy of David Lambert, to the > > > Exercise > > > > 1: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All these puzzles are interesting, but ever since you posted the > > > “holy > > > > > > grail”, the “write a tacit adverb to do X” challenges have been > > > reduced > > > > > (in > > > > > > principle) to “write a tacit verb to do X”, and given you sent > me, > > in > > > > > > something like 2002, a complete implementation of a Turing > Machine > > > as a > > > > > > tacit verb, the exercises seem … superfluous. > > > > > > > > > > > > In other words, it can all be done, because you have done all of > > it. > > > > In a > > > > > > very literal sense. > > > > > > > > > > > > The upside, however, is I have never read one of your posts and > not > > > > > > learned something not only new, but intriguing. If I were given > to > > > > envy, > > > > > I > > > > > > might have experienced that, as well. Good thing the only > > sentiment I > > > > > feel > > > > > > for my fellow man is admiration ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > That said, if Thomas comes through with an interpreter which > > > > > re-introduces > > > > > > (some of) the F Trains table, new challenges (in terms of brevity > > and > > > > > > algebraic reduction) will open up to us. If I were given to > > > > > > competitiveness, I might perceive that as a kind of perverse > > > > motivation. > > > > > > > > > > > > I’m already dusting off my running shoes. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > * In general, I have been, historically, lax about backups. > > > > > > > > > > > > In general, I am not bothered, because death is inevitable and > > > > > possessions > > > > > > are but albatrosses about our necks, but a few losses have made > me > > > > regret > > > > > > this specific foible. > > > > > > > > > > > > All the lost treasures which I was given by the luminaries of J, > > > early > > > > in > > > > > > my career, before I was in a position to truly appreciate them, > > > > including > > > > > > your Turing Machine, personal correspondence from Ken, private > > > guidance > > > > > by > > > > > > Henry Rich, a utilities file presented to me by Kirk Iverson, > etc, > > > > number > > > > > > among these regrets. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah well, youth is not known for its gratitude, is it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > 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 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
