As I've stated before, I am not smart enough to understand that spec. IBM's language manual is readable, and the value it is clear about is what I expected. Also, I just tested IBM APL 2. Initial ⎕RL is 16807. If any value is valid, why not match IBM APL 2 and their Language Manual?
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Elias Mårtenson <[email protected]> wrote: > The standard says the following: > > *"The initial value of random-link in a clear-workspace is that member of > the internal-* > *value-set for random-link given by the implementation-parameter > initial-random-link."* > > So, setting it to 1 seems to be reasonable enough. > > Regards, > Elias > > > On 2 July 2014 10:07, Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > >> According to the IBM APL2 Language Manual (page 421 AND page 322), ⎕RL >> initial value, and upon )CLEAR should be 16807. GNU APL seems to be >> setting it to 1. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Blake >> >> >> >
