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Article #620774Re: Nostalgia
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:25
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:25
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes: >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. > Not to mention ctags and cscope (which is integrated with vim, as well).
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