Just like you spend your time commenting on people dreaming up one liners, there are others who spend their time dreaming up one liners.
And I (sometimes) spend my time commenting on someone who spend his time commenting on people dreaming up one liners. R.E. Boss > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:programming- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Lynn & Bob Graf > Verzonden: maandag 26 november 2007 17:31 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [Jprogramming] Re: Oblique Function > > Rather than racking your brains to do it in an unbelievably complex one > liner, why not just use three sentences?: > 1. Extract the data you need with { > 2 Perform your verb > 3. Re-insert it with } > > Then after you've tested it out, if you really must, you may be able to > convert it into a one-liner using ] > > Finally, you can try and convert that into a tacit function. But unless > all this added effort results in a noticeable speed up, why bother, unless > it's some macho thing?!? One of the main raisons d'être of J is that it > permits far faster program development - perhaps 10 times faster than > traditional programming languages. If you're going to spend time dreaming > up such one liners, what's happened to that time advantage. Is that an > integral part of APL and J ?!? > > In an earlier world APL, such dense, difficult-to-understand one liners, > had a name, which I can't even use today because of more recent > connotations is has. > > Bob in Boynton Beach, FL > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try > it now. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
