Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style

2021-02-24 Thread Peter Teeson
wrote: > > With attachment.. > > > -- Original Message -- > Received: 01:09 PM PST, 02/24/2021 > From: edxmail-jo...@usa.net > To: Russtopia , > Subject: Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style > > > Welcome Russ, > > APL2, the language, is

Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style

2021-02-24 Thread Russtopia
Oh that is a very nicely-formatted version. Thank you so much! On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 13:12, wrote: > With attachment.. > > > -- Original Message -- > *Received: *01:09 PM PST, 02/24/2021 > *From: *edxmail-jo...@usa.net > *To: *Russtopia , > *Subject: *R

Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style

2021-02-24 Thread Chris Moller
There's another language, J, created by the same guy who created APL, that's very APL-like but does have trains, forks, hooks, and so on.  I've looked at it in detail and concluded that while APL has a bit of a reputation as a write-only language, adding various tersifying constructs only makes

Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style

2021-02-24 Thread edxmail-johnh
With attachment.. -- Original Message -- Received: 01:09 PM PST, 02/24/2021 From: edxmail-jo...@usa.net To: Russtopia , Subject: Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style Welcome Russ, APL2, the language, is standardized in ISO stan

Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style

2021-02-24 Thread edxmail-johnh
Welcome Russ, APL2, the language, is standardized in ISO standard 13751. The mischief you are experiencing is non-standard extensions. I'm unsure what you mean by "tacit style"... indeed style is a very subjective topic and therefore WAY above my pay grade. There are lot's of excell

APL idiom search for various dialects [was Re: GNU APL versus 'tacit' style]

2021-02-24 Thread Russtopia
Aha, of course just *after* posting to the list, I managed to find this search page with idioms selectable by APL dialect -- tucked away within Dyalog's 'miserver' demonstration site. It allows one to see idioms for various dialects of APL (Finn, APL2, Dyalog). Not quite 'how to do X with vs. with