Perhaps it makes no difference in the way it is implemented in APL or J - it does make a difference in vector spaces and Linear Algebra.
>From talking to Ken Iverson - his work with Leontief's model was the influence >that caused him to think in arrays for APL >From my recollection - he did use scalar and array and not just array when >speaking about various applications of APL - perhaps in the implementation >there was no distinction but I do recall using ravel to change a scalar into >an array for some reasons Donna [email protected] On 2010-10-26, at 12:26 AM, Roger Hui wrote: > You can call it whatever you like. We are talking > about the APL or J standard terminology, and in > the standard terminology a scalar is an array. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Y <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, October 25, 2010 20:06 > Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] "J In A Day" --crits please > To: General forum <[email protected]> > >> these are all arrays but 99 is a scalar >> >> once a scalar operates on an array the result is an array >> >> some functions have scalar results rather than an array >> >> Donna >> [email protected] >> >> >> On 2010-10-25, at 10:54 PM, Roger Hui wrote: >> >>> ,99 or 1 1$99 or 1 1 1$99 >>> are not arrays? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
