There isn't a programming language I have used where I have not routinely had to look up definitions.
I sometimes even have to look up definitions for the english language. Definitions are quite a useful tool for helping understand the meaning of some phrase. (They're not perfect, but they do really help.) Thanks, -- Raul On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 3:33 AM R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could not agree more. > Now I have to remember the ranks of the verbs I use, which I cannot. > (I even have to look up always some definitions, e.g. the difference between > #: and #. , perhaps I should use the mnemonics, like Alex Rufon did, together > with f. ) > > > R.E. Boss > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Programming <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Elijah Stone > Sent: woensdag 27 oktober 2021 05:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Where, oh where have my indices... > > I think that primitives should try to handle as highly-ranked an array they > can. I find it much more simple and regular to explicitly lower the rank of > a verb than to recreate the high-rank version of the algorithm myself. > > (...) > > -E > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
