[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nowhere the word "rotten" can be seen. > The expressions used were:" short-circuit their brain" and "ruined your > pure APL thinking"
I apologize if my paraphrasing was offensive. In my mind, these expressions are still tolerantly equal ;-) > Noting that implementations that are incomplete or not efficient on > certain constructs have an influence on the way people will use the > product is not something new strange or "over the top". Perhaps I am being over-sensitive. I found your choice of words to be a little harsh. > A convincing set of examples is a in the eye of the beholder Agreed. I would very much appreciate it if you would give me the benefit of the doubt and give me some examples. Allocating resources to optimize Dyalog APL and getting the most bang for the buck is my job. > and impossible when someone ... ask to "please don't use the J forums" and uses it. The only reason I suggested that we not use the J-Forum is that I personally doubt that J users have an interest in discussing whether Dyalog should increase the performance of (float i. float), given that Roger has already done such a great job in J. I'm happy to continue the discussion here if that is where you wish to do so and we don't get thrown out. > I will simply say that a loosely typed language is bound to lead to plenty > of "convincing examples" and I will also personally vouch that several > thousands lines of code were modified to obviate that specific slowness. Believe me, I am honestly interested to hear of good examples of such algorithms. I see in your latest posting that you claim that "a bunch of utilities" have been modified. Can you tell me more about this (in this forum or privately); and I can promise you that we'll work on the performance if you have some good examples. I've worked as an APL consultant for more than 20 years and as I said, my imagination fails me in this particular case. I'll let you decide on the appropriate forum in which to discuss the examples. Regards, Morten Kromberg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
