What is a functional form in J? Any adverb or conjunction that accepts at least one verb, and the two syntactic forms (hook, fork)? Then J has another advantage (over former APLs, e.g.): user defined functional forms.
Whereas the advantage over latter APLs is compositional argument-less forms, which is very functional in the sense that they preclude state retension and imperative step-wise execution. --- Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a. It is true that the J Wikipedia page does not > tell you directly what the functional forms are. > However, the quicksort examples shows off > functional programming pretty well. > > b. Since it is the Wikipedia, if you don't like > something, why don't you do something about it? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Oleg Kobchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:15 am > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] John Backus Died > > > Interestingly, J appears in > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP_programming_language > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming > > which have many definitions and examples of > > functional forms, but the J article itself on Wikipedia > > does not list any functional forms in J, > > albeit indirectly; so to those unfamiliar with J syntax > > it may not be clear how it is functional. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
