On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > A more apt analogy is that in a sufficiently rich > programming language, programming is like writing > poetry, a point Arthur Whitney made in > http://mags.acm.org/queue/20090203/ (p.18) > and Ken Iverson had made to me in conversation. > In such a language there will be connections that > are surprising, but no less valid for that. > > true, though giving those poetries associated with bill lam's posts to a typical student went through a modern education system(in hong kong or china) is a bit challenging. When I was asking if it is a good practice, it is more from a software engineering perspective, the Python vs Perl thing.
For that matter, I am glad I saw Ric's code as it taught me a number of things in J. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
