No, you definitely understand. It's me that don't understand. :-)
Regards,
Elias
On 7 August 2014 16:52, Jay Foad <jay.f...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So the only benefit of the GNU APL approach is that it
> > allows the definition of niladic functions by assigning from a lambda.
>
> I don't understand. You can't use assignment to name a niladic lambda
> in GNU APL, because it will be evaluated before the assignment
> happens:
>
> f←{1⊣⎕←2}
> 2
> f
> 1
> ⎕NC'f' ⍝ it's an array, not a function
> 2
>
> Jay.
>
