When I saw a statement like: > the "ideal" programming language was basically Fortran.
I wondered how the problem of adding up a list of numbers was tackled. Once you see +/ it is near impossible to un-see it, and that is just a single example out of a vast space. I read further, and see use of a FORALL construct, (each, anyone?) which _still_ takes 6 lines, and almost a dozen counter variables. This was one line of APL, in. the. 70s. We are still ahead of our time. On 6/25/2010 3:39 AM, PackRat wrote: > Came across this article in another context and wondered how J might > fare as such a language: > > http://www.codeproject.com/News.aspx?ntag=83734917359893874 > > > Harvey > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
