Re: Nostalgia

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From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:18

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Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> writes:
>On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:42:03 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>
>> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:44:57 -0700, Peter Flass
>>>> <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> I used to do that but realized that it's a bad habit for a variety
>>>>>> of reasons.  (Working in insurance and using APL has a lot to do
>>>>>> with it I think).  First, single letter variable names are hard to
>>>>>> search on.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cross-reference is your friend.
>>>> 
>>>> Please provide a "cross reference" for APL.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>
>>>Ut should be possible to generate one. Most other languages have it
>>>built-in.
>>>
>>>
>> I haven't seen a compiler that generates a cross-reference since I left
>> the Medium systems OS group at Unisys.   Not at all common on Unix and
>> unix-like systems.
>
>It wouldn't be. The UNIX philosophy is that that is the function of a 
>separate tool.

Indeed.

>
> http://www.gedanken.org.uk/software/cxref/

And while the xref were useful in the mainframe world,
I've never needed xref on unix, because, well vi, grep
etc are far superior to CANDE and printed listings with
cross reference.

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