On 5/25/07, Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes:
All J's array manipulation code does is provide some convenient syntax.
Well... not precisely. It lets you execute code expressed in that syntax as well. (And gives me a really nice command line environment for that purpose.) It's also pretty good at helping me think about problems. (As in: letting me see and try different architectures rather easily.) That said, it's hard to imagine a frame of mind where the sentence you quoted makes sense. I mean, if you are speaking abstractly, wouldn't you separate array manipulation code from syntactic code? Or, if you see enough into the implementation to realize that J's lexer and parser are implemented using array manipulation code, why would you imagine nothing else could be implemented with that code? In other words, I think that the quoted statement is more of an attempt to dismiss the subject than a reflection of any sort of exchange of meaningful information. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
