As I've stated before, I am not smart enough to understand that spec. IBM's language manual is readable, and it is clear about how it works. Also, I just tested IBM APL 2. It works as I describe.
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Elias Mårtenson <loke...@gmail.com> wrote: > The standard spec is not entirely clear on this, but the way I read it > suggests that everything it supposed to be copied. > > Regards, > Elias > > > On 2 July 2014 09:58, Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> According to the IBM APL2 Programming Language Reference (page 423), the >> )COPY command should not copy ⎕PW. The manual states: "The only system >> objects that can be copied are ⎕CT, ⎕FC, ⎕IO, ⎕LX, ⎕PP, ⎕PR, and ⎕RL. >> >> Current GNU APL: >> >> )CLEAR >> CLEAR WS >> ⎕PW←80 >> )save ws1 >> 2014-07-01 20:57:00 (GMT-5) >> ⎕PW←132 >> )COPY ws1 >> SAVED 2014-07-02 -4:57:00 (GMT-5) >> ⎕PW >> 80 >> >> >
