I'd like to add that things like: v←c[500]
would not cause an expansion, but things like: c[500]←44 would. On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > Back when I coded in APL, there was discussion about the storage of iota. > For example: > > a←⍳1000000 > > b←66+⍳1000000 > > c←6.2×4+⍳1000000 > > d←5+b > > All of these can be represented as a simple equations internally rather > than expanding it all out. It would only be expanded when absolutely > necessary. This is incredibly more time and space efficient. > > Just passing on some ideas. > > Thanks. > > Blake > >
