More than 20 years history to that concept, I think. I can't remember the date of the APL press book in which I first saw Ken's introduction to direct definition, but my guess is that it was published in the late 70s or the early 80s.
On 25 March 2012 20:56, Randy MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > I just saw this article, which dates from 2009, so it may have passed > this way already: > > http://buffered.io/posts/point-free-style-what-is-it-good-for/ > > The 20-year history of Tacit J may provide some insights. > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > |\/| Randy A MacDonald | If the string is too tight, it will snap > |\\| [email protected]| If it is too loose, it won't play... > Experimental webserver http://mormac.homeftp.net/ > ------------------------------------------------<-NTP>----{ gnat }- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- written on a keyboard, so please forgive typos http://tinyurl.com/rareblog ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
