I thought arrays could hold multiple items? (# counts items?) Thanks,
-- Raul On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:17 PM, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Programming [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Roger Hui >> Sent: maandag 18 januari 2016 20:36 >> To: Programming forum <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Definition: Frame of an argument >> >> Among old timers, "frame" has an historical ambiguity. > (...) >> To document >> the latter, Dyalog resurrected "outer shape". Dyalog also resurrected >> "major cell" because "item" already has an entrenched different meaning in >> the APL2 family. > > I always loved the analogy between "atom" and "item", short for the minimal > and maximal (non-trivial) cell. > > > R.E. Boss > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
