[Jprogramming] LoBrow: browser for locale contents

[Ian Clark]

Thanks, Oleg.

This must be the tenth time I've discovered (belatedly) you've written
a script for which I've felt the need. I ought to be more proactive
over this. :)

I'm acutely aware the profuse comments proclaim my inexperience.  I
need them to understand my own code, when I come to read it a week
later. (Old brain drying out.) I admire uncommented code which manages
to state briefly but clearly what it does, and does what it says, not
relying on side-effects. But I don't know yet how to achieve that in
J. Partly because J still does not "speak" to me.

But it's beginning to.

Ian


On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Oleg Kobchenko <olegykj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The self-deprecating downplay of the project is understandable--
> to guard criticism--for a first script in a new language.
> Though in reality, the choice of task--successfully executed
> for an entry level--is telling*. Introspection is a sign of
> an advanced stage of awareness.
>
> Simula might have been a first OO language, and SketchPad
> a first GUI, but only in SmallTalk with Class Browser those
> technologies made a revolution.
>
> Cracking .NET wouldn't have been the same without Reflector.
>
> So, hat tip.
>
>
> _________
>  *) as is profuse commenting, typical of a language
>    rookie, which goes away with more confidence.
>
>
>
>
>> From: Ian Clark <earthspotty at googlemail.com>
>>
>> Yes Kenneth, that's exactly what I was expecting.
>>
>> Oh well... you have to write these things yourself in order to
>> understand what other people have done.
>>
>> Never mind. All good practice.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
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>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Lettow, Kenneth wrote:
>> > Ian Clark wrote:
>> >
>> > "I can't believe nobody's written something like this already, only
>> > better.
>> > Perhaps there's an item in the J menu I've overlooked...?"
>> >
>> > Maybe this is what you are looking for?
>> >
>> >   load 'gui/util/cobrowse'
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: programming-bounces at jsoftware.com
>> > [mailto:programming-bounces at jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ian Clark
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:54 PM
>> > To: Programming forum
>> > Subject: [Jprogramming] LoBrow: browser for locale contents
>> >
>> > I've created a wiki page which newbies like me might find useful. It's
>> > a simple-minded browser to inspect the contents of any given locale. I
>> > guess it recovers for me the sort of way I've been working with APL.
>> >
>> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/IanClark/LoBrow
>> >
>> > I've not provided a downloadable script yet. Just copy/paste "the
>> > code" section into a fresh .ijs window and try it out. It's pretty
>> > self-explanatory and won't munge anything valuable. It doesn't save
>> > any files, though it does create new scripts for you to save.
>> >
>> > Since this is my first "deliverable" project in J, I'd welcome
>> > comments from old-hands on where my code could be improved. See
>> > Observations and Discussion right at the bottom, for starters. I can't
>> > believe nobody's written something like this already, only better.
>> > Perhaps there's an item in the J menu I've overlooked...?
>> >
>> > Ian Clark
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