Newsgroups: comp.lang.apl
Path: watmath!watserv1!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!apollo!keil
From: keil@apollo.hp.com (Mark Keil)
Subject: Re: 'Locatives' in J
Lines: 36
Message-ID: <1992Apr9.145907.1041@apollo.hp.com>
Keywords: J locale locative
Sender: netnews@apollo.hp.com (USENET posting account)
Nntp-Posting-Host: thor.ch.apollo.hp.com
Organization: now!
References: <1992Apr2.072353.14016@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> <1992Apr2.204836.13312@apollo.hp.com> <1992Apr8.033326.96@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:59:07 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.033326.96@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> hui@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Roger Hui) writes:
> 
> Mark Keil writes:
> 
> > Can locales only be saved workspaces?
> > Will more than one workspace be able to be loaded simultanously?
> > Just what is the J definition of a locale?
> > What is the effect of using "_" in a name just for calrity?
> > Does that establish a locale?
>  
> These questions are answered in Lesson 18 of "An Introduction to J",
> which is shorter than the amount of network traffic on it:
>  
  [ some lesson 18 stuff deleted ]

I had read lession 18, and I felt I was missing something.
I still feel that I am missing something.
May I asked sloppy questions?  I'll try again, ok?


Just what is the J definition of a locale?
  What are the undelying semantics/abstraction of a locale?

When a referant of a locative is established by assignment,
what is is happening in the object name space?
  Do these things have ant special propreties?

also, rephrased

Are there any side effects of using "_" in a name just for calrity?

Thanks, Mark
-- 
 Mark Keil               HP/Apollo Computer,  Chelmsford MA 01824
 +1 508-256-6600 x4542   keil@apollo.hp.com  /  {decvax,mit-erl,yale}!apollo!keil

