In case you didn't notice: ! factorial !. fit !: foreign
f, f, and f, get it? As for conjunction, verb, adverb, etc., the use of terms from natural languages can be helpful. For example, "adverb" is easier for "the man on the street" than the formidable "operator". I don't have the exact reference, but Ken wrote something like "the function table is a simple and familiar concept, made alarming in APL by being called 'outer product'." ----- Original Message ----- From: DIETER ENSSLEN <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:02 Subject: Re: [Jchat] Does anyone out there have a megapower PC to answer my 'out of memory' question To: Chat forum <[email protected]> > Thanks Ken > > I like the ts time and space explanation, i thought it was a > timing function. > > all the rest is Greek to me still, all of it. > '(6!:2) Execute. Seconds to execute sentence y.' what sentence y.? > > foreign?? at least it is not alien, ha ha > conjunctions?? > > can't we do J without all this language stuff? > > thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
