Which version of J are you using right now? Would suggest that you spend some time with the labs. They will walk you through many aspects of J.
If you want to be able to enter a line from the keyboard and then run it through your compiler, look at the verb "prompt" defined in "misc.ijs" in J6. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Alan Graham <[email protected]>wrote: > I want t develop a J application that will help me: > 1. Explore J at all levels: newbie to expert to Roger. ;-) > 2. Experiment using J to build J+ or J- or JUICE or ... > 3. Test APL (Array Programming Language) systems > > JUICE: J Unicode Interpreter Compiler Evaluator > I want J with Unicode input-output so I can build > APL systems: experimental J systems, normal > APL2 systems, new systems like APL#, or > any language system using the power of J. > > I worked in IBM APL Development (1984-1987) and > published a paper on my APL language experiment > APL0 written entirely in APL2. We used it to > experiment with new language features before > we wrote 370 assembler code. I could add a > new primitive in minutes with APL0. > > I want to do the same program again using J but > I don't know J very well so I need your help. > > If anyone can help me write the Input-Compile-Eval-Print > loop function that will accept Unicode characters and > translate (Compile) them to cover function calls then > I can write J functions that implement my JUICE APL. > > Thanks for any help you can give me. > > Alan > > -- > Alan Graham > 25 Allen Street > Lambertville, NJ 08530 > 857.362.7707 phone > Skype name: alangraham > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
