Fwd: Definition of "first-thingy"

2020-02-20 Thread Elias Mårtenson
-- Forwarded message - From: Elias Mårtenson Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020, 22:39 Subject: Definition of "first-thingy" To: One benefit of experimenting with low-level PAL behaviours is that I've spent much more time lately reading the ISO spec. I was reading the specification for ↑ (

Re: Fwd: Definition of "first-thingy"

2020-02-20 Thread Dr . Jürgen Sauermann
Hi Elias, I believe "zero-dimensional array" is a synonym for "scalar" (or: an array with: 0=⍴⍴Z. It is not an empty array. Also in IBM APL2 enclosing a scalar, like in ⊂9, is that same scalar and not a nested value. Best Rew