Re: [Bug-apl] Package manager proposal and design sketch

2014-04-27 Thread David B. Lamkins
With a bit of prompting, it occurs to me that I ought to be able to get the effect of a quad-COPY using lib_file_io, quad-FX, execute and a simple parser. I'm going to give that a shot...

Re: [Bug-apl] Package manager proposal and design sketch

2014-04-27 Thread David B. Lamkins
An APL package manager automates the construction of a software system from a collection of independently-written packages. Of course you can build an APL system from a collection of packages today, but only by manually )copy-ing in the necessary workspaces. I envision that each APL package will

Re: [Bug-apl] Package manager proposal and design sketch

2014-04-27 Thread Juergen Sauermann
Hi David and all, thanks for the link below. Attached is a quick summary of my thoughts regarding libraries. Looks like David and myself are on the same page, just the focus is a bit different. I wouldn't rule out ⎕CP for GNU APL in the long run, but I feel like not having fully understood wh