Using both the monads <. and >. , a random sequence of letters has a 2%25 = 0.08 chance of resulting in J. In particular, Mr. Bron will be pleased to know that:
>.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.)@toupper 'DanBron' J ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.E. Boss" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:42 Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Hi. To: 'Programming forum' <[email protected]> > Well, here are some others, from > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/CategoryHomepage: > > "Many called, few chosen." > > (<.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.)@toupper&.> ,. ]) KnownHomepages > +-+----------------------+ > |L|AlexRufon | > +-+----------------------+ > |J|ArtAnger | > +-+----------------------+ > |J|BJonas | > +-+----------------------+ > |H|BillLam | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|BrianSchott | > +-+----------------------+ > |J|ChrisBatho | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|ChrisBurke | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|DanBron | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|DavidAlis | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|DavidMitchell | > +-+----------------------+ > |J|DevonMcCormick | > +-+----------------------+ > |L|DonGuinn | > +-+----------------------+ > |M|EwartShaw | > +-+----------------------+ > |H|GregHeil | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|HarveyHahn | > +-+----------------------+ > |H|IanClark | > +-+----------------------+ > |N|IgorZhuravlov | > +-+----------------------+ > |O|JoeyTuttle | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|JohnBaker | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|JohnRandall | > +-+----------------------+ > |L|JordanTirrell | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|JuneKim | > +-+----------------------+ > |M|KenLettow | > +-+----------------------+ > |N|KipMurray | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|MarioSacco | > +-+----------------------+ > |M|MarkusSchmidtGroettrup| > +-+----------------------+ > |L|MartinNeitzel | > +-+----------------------+ > |J|MatthewBrand | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|MikeNardell | > +-+----------------------+ > |I|OlegKobchenko | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|PaulKilpatrick | > +-+----------------------+ > |L|PeterSimple | > +-+----------------------+ > |F|RE > Boss | > +-+----------------------+ > |H|Raul > Miller | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|RicSherlock | > +-+----------------------+ > |L|RogerHui | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|SeanOByrne | > +-+----------------------+ > |J|SkipCave | > +-+----------------------+ > |M|SteveRogers | > +-+----------------------+ > |M|StevenPhillips | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|TomAllen | > +-+----------------------+ > |M|TomArneson | > +-+----------------------+ > |L|TracyHarms | > +-+----------------------+ > |K|ZachReiter | > +-+----------------------+ > |F|bathala | > +-+----------------------+ > > > R.E. Boss > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: [email protected] [mailto:programming- > > [email protected]] Namens Thomas Costigliola > > Verzonden: donderdag 15 oktober 2009 17:02 > > Aan: Programming forum > > Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Hi. > > > > > > >.@(+/%#)&.(a.&i.)'THOMAS COSTIGLIOLA' > > J > > > > Hehe, I am in the right career. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wrote: > > >> 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 my first play: > > > > > > mm =: {. NB. MegaloManiacs = > named the > > language > > > after themselves > > > mm psychoanalyze PLs > > > +-+-----------+ > > > |L|LARRY MCVOY| > > > +-+-----------+ > > > |R|ROSS IHAKA | > > > +-+-----------+ > > > > > > ng =: <.@(+/ % #)&.(a.&i.) NB. Nice Guys = > "not quite > > mean" > > > ng psychoanalyze PLs > > > +-+--------------+ > > > |K|ARTHUR WHITNEY| > > > +-+--------------+ > > > |Q|ALBERT GRÄF | > > > +-+--------------+ > > > > > > Here are the definitions I used: > > > > > > psychoanalyze =. (=`) (`:6) (&>) / (@:|:) (#~`) (`:6) > > > > > > 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 > > > ) > > > > > > Note that I rejigged PLs a bit to make the language name > scalar, which > > > works for these single-letter programming languages. Note > also that the > > > game is pretty open and flexible; you don't have play this > way, I just > > > think it's more fun to come up with a description and see > how many > > authors > > > meet it. But one-off phrases for a particular > language/author are good > > > too (so long as they're interesting). > > > > > > -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
