Thanks, Ric, I'll include a footnote to that effect. Then people reading APWJ Edn 2 as an introduction to J for mathematical research will get a painless exposure to good J installation practice and the reason for it.
Ian On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Sherlock, Ric<[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Ian Clark >> >> I've tried it with & without the tilde, as the original paper had it, >> and both load the required verb. But since the tilde is standard >> nowadays, I've put it in. > > With the tilde is safer. It will work without the tilde if the current > working directory (1!:43'') is the j602 folder, but that is not the default > case for jconsole on Linux or necessarily the case on other platforms. > > The Editing guidelines for At Play With J suggest: > "Where a verb is required from a script that exists both as part of an Addon > and as a system script, use the Addon." > i.e. should use: > load 'stats/base/distribution' > >> I think I'll let Aai's fix stand in Edn 2. For a while (at least) it's >> possible that a novice reader may find him/herself with a non >> "well-behaved" cnd. > > Just for interest's sake, Oleg's original forum post uses Aai's initial > suggestion: > http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2002-June/010491.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
