On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 09:06:45PM +1000, Marshall Lochbaum wrote: > I feel pretty strongly that an associative array type is missing in J, > but it's understandable given how hard such a type would be to specify > and implement. That doesn't make it any easier to live without them, > though.
Is it okay to extend language engine? Shouldn't we instead keep it fast, observable and controllable as much as possible? An optimal implementation embedded into JE today may become suboptimal tomorrow. Next, every concrete case requires different implementation. I'd vote to have things like this to be implemented as addon, or project's module. -- Regards, Igor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
