I am trying to bring the Wikipedia page on "rank (J programming language)" into
compliance with the guidelines by inserting more inline references but am
stumped by that page's initial assertion that rank is a generalization of
looping, as well as the subsequent claims about rank generalizing "map" and
"maplist".
Searches for a word like "rank" bring up many irrelevant hits even when
included with programming-specific terms. Also, the best reference I have
found so far - www.ccs.neu.edu/home/jrslepak/typed-j.pdf - uses language like
"...a form of rank...which renders much of a program's control structure
implicit by lifting base operators to higher-dimensional array structures." I
will have to include this in the references to use it but was hoping to find an
older document, preferably one already in the references, but have been stymied
by the lack of explicit reference to avoiding loops by using rank because it
seems so obvious that it is only implied.
In any case, a reference to the assertions about "map" and such would also be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Devon
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