Yes, it has. Thanks,
-- Raul On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Daniel Lyons <fus...@storytotell.org> wrote: > Raul, > > Do you know if the documentation at > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/contents.htm > <http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/contents.htm> has been kept > up-to-date with these changes? If so, then the "last updated date" is wrong > (which seems likely, since it is older than the copyright date of 2011 on the > same page)—if not, the PDF from the earlier conversation is newer than the > official dictionary. Either way it seems like something needs to be updated. > >> On Nov 22, 2017, at 1:18 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Actually, I believe there have been some changes in that time period. >> Specifically, May 2001 was when J4.06 was released. This included u:, >> s:, assertions, try./catch./throw. keywords, and some significant >> changes to the 9!: series of foreigns. Probably these changes would >> have been included in a 2001-05-03 version, though technically that's >> a week before the release date. >> >> September 2002 was when J 5.01 was released. This removed [. and ]. >> and ]: and 11 : and 12 : a half dozen foreigns, along with a few other >> changes. These changes would not have been included in a 2001-05-03 >> version. >> >> And then there's the change which eliminated x., y. and so on - it >> might be worth remembering when that happened, and it might be worth >> going through the other versions and noting other significant changes >> to the language. >> >> These sorts of things can trip up a beginner who was expecting an >> exact match between the documentation and the language. These issues >> might be OK if the reader is willing to check the web site for >> changes, or is willing to browse through the release notes to find all >> the differences. http://www.jsoftware.com/help/user/relhigh.htm - >> three clicks to find the details I mentioned here, and the first two >> of those are not obvious. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Raul >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 3:01 AM, Daniel Lyons <fus...@storytotell.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 22, 2017, at 12:51 AM, bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The edition doesn't matter, the core j language had been stabilized 2 >>>> decades ago. >>> >>> Thanks. This isn't obvious from the document, so I appreciate knowing this. >>> >>>> PS. J general forum is mainly used for discussion of installation issues. >>>> It is unfortunate that its name is misleading. When unsure, post to the j >>>> programming forum. >>> >>> I'll be sure and do that in the future. >>> >>>> On Nov 22, 2017 12:22 PM, "Daniel Lyons" <fus...@storytotell.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Rob, >>>> >>>>> On Nov 21, 2017, at 8:32 PM, Rob Hodgkinson <rhodg...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> So it is never really “out of date” but moreso “preserved” (perhaps one >>>> day, after people experiment in new “dialects” and implementations >>>> (courtesy of the open source licence) an updated edition may appear). >>>> >>>> Oh—I really didn't mean the book itself, just that edition of the book, >>>> since I figured the one on the website/in the addons has been updated since >>>> then. But maybe that isn't true; the one on the website actually says >>>> 2001-5-3 versus 2002-09-10. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Daniel Lyons >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>> -- >>> Daniel Lyons >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > Daniel Lyons > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
