a Dijkstra quote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:chat-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Hui
> Sent: zondag 2 maart 2014 6:17
> To: Chat Forum
> Subject: Re: [Jchat] Proof: a unique aspect of j.
> 
> ​It's like asking where are the oxygen molecules in the air you breathe.
> 
>    f=: +/@i. = 2&!
>    f"0 i.20
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 
> See also *A Letter from Dijkstra on APL
> <http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10501260> .*
> 
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> 
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:55 PM, km <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > One "identity" in J is that ([: f g) -: f@:g (always returns 1).  What
> > are some others?
> >
> > --Kip Murray
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Mar 1, 2014, at 8:41 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Two languages which go even more heavily into "proof" territory are (if I
> > > recall correctly) Agda, and Coq.
> > >
> > > They also have some interesting aspects that I would like to see in a "J
> > > subset compiler".
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Raul
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:30 PM, David Lambert <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> Mentioning "proof" in j conversation rolls easily off the pen.  Not so
> > >> with other computer languages I've used.
> > >>
> > >>   (,&#~.) HASHES  NB. prove the hashes are unique.  (tallies agree)
> > >> 6 6
> > >>
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