I've been following this thread with some interest because a change in the argument of a primitive - no matter how innocuous looking - always leads to code rework. If the benifit is great the rework is a necessary evil. Here I think the extension is not worth anyone's effort. The only suggestion worith pursuing is another foreign that returns locale and time zone information directly. It's easy to get this stuff using cd calls but this would standardize timestamps across versions of J leading to less os dependent J code.
My main criteria for judging extensions, additions, upgrade et cetera. 1) Will it do something worthwhile 2) Will it reduce code, complexity et cetera 3) Willl it make a pot of money If you cannot confidently assert 1 and 2 it's probably not worth doing unless 3 is your goal and I think this is not going to make anyone any money. jdb On 10/31/07, bill lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan Bron wrote: > > Devon proposed: > >> A nice extension to "6!:0" would be a format string > > > > Roger responded: > >> that's a nice idea. The function, not the dotage. > > > > If you seriously consider it, I withdraw my extension and propose > instead: > > The moral of the story is not to make any wish to a devil because it may > be > granted but irrevocable. I wished you had never made that wish. > > -- > regards, > bill > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
