I cannot find any reference to 'function array' in all files under ~system. May be that wording need to be revised.
On Fri, 04 Sep 2009, Sherlock Ric wrote: > I quite liked this description of J from The Encyclopedia of Computer > Languages: > > A very high-level general-purpose language, partially derivative and > partially a rethink of APL, with strong emphasis on functional programming > and array processing. > > Purely functional with lexical scope and more conventional control > structures, plus several new concepts such as function rank and function > arrays. > > J was designed and developed by Ken Iverson and Roger Hui, and implemented by > Iverson Software Inc.(ISI). J is distinguished by it's simple and consistent > rules, a large set of built-in functions, powerful facilities for defining > new operations, and a general and systematic treatment of arrays. It is ideal > for complex analytical work, modeling, and RAD ( Rapid Application > Development). > > http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage.prx?exp=1558&language=J -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
