Can you link to jsoftware.com pages? I'm not sure if that violates any reference requirements
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have_r.htm This is what I searched for: https://www.google.com/search?q=rank+looping&sitesearch=jsoftware.com&btnG=Search On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:58 AM devonmcc <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
