We wrote:
> >.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.) 'APL'
> >.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.) 'KEN IVERSON'
> >.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.) 'KENNETH IVERSON'
> <.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.) 'ARTHUR WHITNEY'
Heh, this is a fun game. Who else wants to play?
The goal is simple: provide a brief, elegant, or otherwise interesting J
phrase that produces the name of a programming language, given the name of
its author or one of its major contributors or prominent community
members.
Here's a starter set from Wikipedia [1]:
PLs =: (({.~ ; (}.~ >:)) i.&' ');._2 TAB -.~ ucp noun define
B KEN THOMPSON
C DENNIS RITCHIE
D WALTER BRIGHT
E MARK MILLER
F WALTER BRAINERD
J ROGER HUI
K ARTHUR WHITNEY
L LARRY MCVOY
Q ALBERT GRÄF
R ROSS IHAKA
S RICK BECKER
T JONATHAN REES
)
-Dan
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages
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