On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Andrew Nikitin <[email protected]> wrote: > My point is more like that using project manager to "compile" standard library > is an empty ritual, not unlike cargo cult. The idea of transforming source > code > into another, less readable form of the same source code before distribution, > seems unnatural. I understand where it came from -- probably from the days > when > reading 150k script took noticably less time than reading 20 15k scripts. I > doubt that this is a concern these days.
While I agree that, in general, simple and straightforward is better than complicated and slightly more efficient, I would want to know how much time is needed to load 20 files (or 100), before agreeing that this change would be good. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
