Tacit programming in J was not inspired by Backus' FP and FL.
----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Freedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 6:00 am Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] re: "Arrays as the most viable data structure" > On 06/04/07, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I used to think that way, but I've since decided that > > ordered pairs are a special case of sequences. > > > > Sequences are a nice fit for computer hardware, and > > seem to be fundamental to all computer data structures. > > Everything from integers (which are a sequence of bits) > > to disks are sequences. > > > And this was the data structure in Baccus's FP and FL languages, the > inspiration for tacit programming in J. > > -- > martin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
