Another example that also seems to have gotten widespread traction and might be referenced on the Rank page is broadcasting [0] in python's Numpy [1], which does more or less the same, albeit with slightly different rules.
[0]: https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.13.0/user/basics.broadcasting.html [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NumPy Best regards, Jan-Pieter On Sat, 7 Jul 2018, 01:13 Roger Hui, <[email protected]> wrote: > Y'all might want to point out that rank is a generalization of scalar > extension, inner (matrix) product, and outer product in APL\360, maplist in > LISP, and map in modern functional programming languages. That (and/or > filling in the details of that) may earn the Wikipedia page a stay of > execution. In addition, rank is not just in J but in APL as well (in > Dyalog APL, in the ISO Standard on Extended APL, in NARS2000). > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So... it looks like someone wants to delete the > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_(J_programming_language) page. > > > > Personally, I think it describes a concept of general interest to the > > programming community, with J being an illustrative (and perhaps > > canonical) example. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression > > page is similar in character (but has a lot more traction - far more > > people have spent time talking about it). But, looking at the talk > > page, it seem that that's not a viewpoint that has gotten any > > significant foothold. > > > > Oh well... > > > > -- > > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
