On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Chris Burke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A better workflow is:
>
>  * make definitions in scripts and other files
>  * load these files and use the session only to view the result of
> loading the scripts, and for trivial experiments with existing definitions
>
> In the second workflow, all definitions (whether nouns or verbs) are on
> file somewhere and will persist when you close and restart J. Project
> Manager can be used to automate this.
>
> You do not need two sessions, nor need to use only tacit definitions.

In my opinion, two sessions can be important, because J will persist
definitions that appeared in earlier versions of files.  Executing
scripts periodically in fresh J sessions before closing (or crashing)
your existing session can help catch and minimize this possibility.

-- 
Raul
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