It wasn't so long ago that +/ as "plus reduction" was new and strange.
There is a beneficial effect in thinking of / as "insert" rather than "reduce". For a general function f it is sensible to think of f/ as "insert" but not as "reduce", because in the application of f/ it is quite possible that nothing is reduced. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ward Lambert <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010 11:21 Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Array Based Languages To: General forum <[email protected]> > I perhaps should add the (SMP/mathematica/maple)s, if a potential > employer is reading. > > Honestly, I have a little trouble reading > +/ as "insert verb" because "plus reduction" is so ingrained. > > > Dave. > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 09:48 -0600, DIETER ENSSLEN wrote: > > > Dear Dave Sir, > > > > > > It seems that in your world of math and computing you > use not only J but also Python, which raises the question of how > many other languages do you use regularly and what would be > their order of use. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Dick ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
