no comment. On Nov 26, 2007 4:52 PM, R.E. Boss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > -- Use Reply-To: & thread your email after the first: or it may take a while, as I get 2000 emails per day. -- Roy A. Crabtree UNC '76 gaa.lifer# (For TN contact, email me to set up a confirmed date/time) voicemail inbound only [When you hear/read/see/feel what a y*ehudi plays/writes/sculpts/holds] [(n)either violinist {Menuhin} (n)or writer {"The Y*ehudi Principle"} (n)or molder (n)or older] [you must strive/think/look/sense all of it, or you will miss the meanings of it all] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forwards only to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: auto to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be short < 160 chars cuts off; currently offline [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: auto to ^ http://www.authorsden.com/royacrabtree http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/activex/720/resume/full.doc -- (c) RAC/IP, ARE,PRO,PAST (Copyright) Roy Andrew Crabtree/In Perpetuity All Rights/Reserved Explicitly Public Reuse Only Profits Always Safe Traded ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
