On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:05 PM, mijj <[email protected]> wrote:
> .. plus .. while on the subject of direction .. why was APL thus J
> direction of evaluation set to be right to left? .. wouldn't it'd be
> more natural as left to right? (ie. the same direction as writing, or
> the direction which represents the progression of time)

If you look at J top down, it is left to right.

If you look at J bottom up, it is right to left.

V=: 1 + 1

If J reversed its evaluation order, how would that work?

-- 
Raul
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