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Re: [Bug-apl] Request: quad-COPY (needed to implement package manager)
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David B. Lamkins |
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Re: [Bug-apl] Request: quad-COPY (needed to implement package manager) |
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Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:29:09 -0700 |
I withdraw my request for a quad-COPY. I've built a comparable facility
in APL using lib_file_io, a UTF-to-UCS conversion (on top of quad-UCS),
and some glue around quad-FX and execute.
On Sun, 2014-04-27 at 09:15 -0700, David B. Lamkins wrote:
> I'm far enough along in developing a package manager (a lot of the
> scaffolding is already written) that I'm ready for the next step. I need
> a way to copy APL dump-format files into the current workspace under
> control of an APL program.
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> It seems that the natural approach would be a quad-COPY system function,
> which would do the same thing as the )copy command.
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> If I've overlooked some existing way to do the same thing, please
> advise.
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