Re: Format issue with Try APL

2019-12-24 Thread enztec
Hi Thank you - now i can follow along with the new apl mailing list controversies ^h^h^h topics speaking of which - i am glad to see you are sticking with svn - i am trying to avoid git stuff especially on github now - i don't need microsoft knowing what software i use etc :) and i'm sure when

Re: Format issue with Try APL

2019-12-24 Thread Dr . Jürgen Sauermann
Hi, the only options of my email client (thunderbird) seem to be plain text, html, or both plain text and html. I have seen that my formatting gets lost when using plain text. I believe sending such emails to bug-apl is safe, and I have tagged you as plain text receiver in my thunderbird address b

Re: Format issue with Try APL

2019-12-24 Thread enztec
Jurgen You are the only one sending your emails as html - it isn't a very security minded thing to do - usually only malware and tracking malware use html in emails Thanks On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:20:22 +0100 Dr. Jürgen Sauermann wrote: > > > > > > Hi Blake, > >

Re: ⍬ bug?

2019-12-24 Thread Dr . Jürgen Sauermann
Hi, yes. In some sense. Actually 1 2 X 4 is the same as 1 2 (X) 4 because there is a rule that says so. However, the point here is that 1 2 X 4 can be (very) different from (1 2 X 4)

Re: Format issue with Try APL

2019-12-24 Thread Dr . Jürgen Sauermann
Hi Blake, thanks, hopefully fixed. This web stuff remains entirely dubious to me, so don't expect too much. Best Regards, Jürgen On 12/24/19 1:59 PM, Blake McBride wrote: Greetings,

Re: ⍬ bug?

2019-12-24 Thread Elias Mårtenson
I think such a change would make sense. A niladic function is in some sense a shortcut to writing a specific value, so it should probably be treated as such. It a little odd that: 1 2 X 4 is different from: 1 2 (X) 4 Regards, Elias On Tue, 24 Dec 2019, 14:48 Dr. Jürgen Sauermann, wrote: >

Re: ⍬ bug?

2019-12-24 Thread Dr . Jürgen Sauermann
Hi David, not sure either if this is a bug. The APL standard has quite a specification gap when it comes to binding strength. In GNU APL, the binding between values (aka strand notation) is stronger than the binding between values and functions.

Format issue with Try APL

2019-12-24 Thread Blake McBride
Greetings, I took a look at the Try APL site http://juergen-sauermann.de/try-GNU-APL I noticed a format / spacing problem. I am attaching a PNG file the depicts the problem. Thanks! Blake

Re: try-GNU-APL non-functional

2019-12-24 Thread Dr . Jürgen Sauermann
Hi, http://juergen-sauermann.de/try-GNU-APL is up again. Seems like the server on which it is being hosted was restarted some days ago. I have changed the setup now so that try-GNU-APL is started automatically when the machine is  rebooted.