Hi Roger; Sorry if this is a STFW but what font do I need to install to see all the APL?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\/| Randy A MacDonald | APL: If you can say it, it's done.. (ram) |/\| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |\ | | The only real problem with APL is that BSc(Math) UNBF'83 | it is "still ahead of its time." Sapere Aude | - Morten Kromberg Natural Born APL'er | Demo website: http://156.34.77.41/ -----------------------------------------------------(INTP)----{ gnat }- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Hui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Feb 2007 issue of Dr Dobbs > The text of "Life: Nasty, Brutish, and Short" can be > found at http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Life > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eugene McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 10:24 pm > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Feb 2007 issue of Dr Dobbs > > > > > On Mar 7, 2007, at 7:57 AM, ramacd wrote: > > > > > The article "Life: nasty, Brutish and Short" by(?) Eugene > > > McDonnell, in an > > > old Quote Quad, I think, gives many one-liners as well. IIRC, it > > > > > uses the > > > Sharp APL cut operator, which is very similar to the ;. > > conjunction > > > in J. > > > This separates out the 3 3 subarrays, and you can just apply the > > > > > life/death > > > verb to each subarray. > > > > The APL88 Conference Proceedings (Sydney, Australia; APL Quote > > Quad, > > 18.2, December 1987) has my discussion of a "Life: Nasty, Brutish > > and > > Short" solution to the game of life program problem [pp 242-247], > > with thanks to Donald Knuth and Roger Hui. The final N,B and S > > solution uses just 9 tokens. > > > > Is it really 19 years since I wrote it? It was lots of fun. > > > > Eugene > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
