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R.E. Boss > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:programming- > boun...@jsoftware.com] Namens Björn Helgason > Verzonden: vrijdag 9 december 2011 20:44 > Aan: Programming forum > Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Oblique Road to Success! > > You more often have this confusion in explicit verbs with NBs > > like this in J > > verb=. verb define > l o n g line 1 NB. description bla bla bla > l o n g line 2 NB. description bla bla bla bla > bla > l o n g line 3 NB. description bla bla bla bla bla bla > ) > > wrap in e-mail > > verb=. verb define > l o n g line 1 NB. description > bla bla bla > l o n g line 2 N > B. description bla bla bla bla bla > l o n g line 3 NB. descrip > tion bla bla bla bla bla bla > ) > > And can then not be copied easily from the e-mail to J > > 2011/12/9 Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> > > > We already have that. > > > > avg=: ''1 :(0 :0-.LF) > > +/ > > % > > # > > ) > > > > avg 2 3 5 7 > > 4.25 > > > > Note that if continuation lines are not indented you can have words > > which span multiple lines: > > > > AVG=: ''1 :(0 :0-.LF) > > a > > v > > g > > ) > > > > AVG 11 13 17 19 > > 15 > > > > But I advise against doing this, because trailing spaces are invisible > > and different mailers may insert or delete trailing spaces. > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > 2011/12/9 Björn Helgason <gos...@gmail.com>: > > > When you write something in J and the line gets long it is ok inside J. > > > > > > When you want to send the line in e-mail and the line gets wrapped it > > would > > > be good to have a way of present the line as having a continuation on the > > > next line. > > > > > > Possibly have a utility that would wrap the lines before sendoff and mark > > > them. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/12/9 Dan Bron <j...@bron.us> > > > > > >> I can't speak for Raul, obviously, but: > > >> > > >> - J is a (programming) language > > >> - It is used to express (and sometimes execute) ideas, using a > > >> vocabulary > > >> > > >> So, asking "where did you get this?" of the sentence "(,+/&i./ 2{.1 > > 1,~$y) > > >> u key ,/y" is not very different than asking it of the sentence "where > > did > > >> you get this?". > > >> > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
