Raul Miller wrote:
> Let us suppose I had grown up without screwdrivers,
> and someone gave me a toolkit that had screwdrivers
> and also gave me a good supply of screws. This would
> be valuable for me, and I could do a lot with it.
> But are screwdrivers so valuable that I should
> entirely give up on hammers and nails? Why?
Not yourself, but your lazy apprentice, would give up on hammers and nails if
the jobs are easily done by screws and screwdriver alone.
I find this discussion on simplification very interesting, even if I do not
grasp all the details.
Simplifying expressions is the crux of computing. J simplifies nouns,
2+2
4
and
1 2 3 + 4 5 6
5 7 9
but not verbs
2&p. + 2&p.
2&p. + 2&p.
and
1 2 3&p.+4 5 6&p.
1 2 3&p. + 4 5 6&p.
I wonder why not.
I also wonder if there is any difference between (2"0) and (2&p.) .
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