You said the Lisp analysis was of the implementation, not the language. 
  So maybe you should be looking at the source for the J interpreter.

Henry Rich

On 8/4/2011 1:22 PM, Devon McCormick wrote:
> I counted "+" and "o." both as two because both have monadic and dyadic
> forms.  Perhaps I should count "o." as 26 (=>:#i:12), though I'm inclined
> to stick with 2 because the dyadic form covers a closely-related group.  I
> also ignored the many different kinds of numbers though I probably should
> include them as they are distinct uses of some of the letters.
>
> Even with generous inclusions, I doubt we're pushing 400.
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Roger Hui<[email protected]>  wrote:
>
>> I think you have to do this kind of count
>> (and comparisons of counts) with care.
>> For example, do you count + as one or two?
>> Do you count o. as one or two or 27 (i:12 plus
>> 1 for the monad)?
>>
>> Also, f/ provides two families of functions.
>> etc. etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Devon McCormick<[email protected]>
>> Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:14
>> Subject: [Jprogramming] The size of J
>> To: J-programming forum<[email protected]>,
>> [email protected]
>>
>>> Hi  -
>>>
>>> I was reading a section in "Patterns of Software" by Richard P.
>>> Gabriel in
>>> which he talks about "language size".  This book is one of
>>> those annoying
>>> ones in which he seems to argue for many of the strengths of an
>>> APL but
>>> never, based on the parts I've read, mentions APL (though he
>>> must have known
>>> of it).
>>>
>>> In the essay on "Language Size", he talks about how the initial
>>> implementation of Common Lisp
>>> "...was relatively small: 772 defined symbols, including
>>> function names,
>>> macro names, global variables, and constants."  Much of
>>> this essay builds
>>> the case for a small (but not too small) language being better
>>> than a large
>>> one.  He also touches on the usefulness of arrays, in a way.
>>>
>>> In any case, here's my count for the size of J7:
>>>
>>> Vocabulary page: (*/10 4 3)-6
>>> Foreign#:   0  1 2 3 4 5  6 7 8  9 11
>>> 13 15 18 128
>>> Foreigns: +/3 20 7 7 6 7 11 5 3 42  1 21  5
>>> 7   6
>>>
>>> Total: +/114 151  NB. Basic vocabulary symbols + foreigns.
>>>
>>>     +/114 114 151  NB. monads and dyads - assumes
>>> all have both forms, but...
>>> 379
>>>     _24 NB. not both monadic and dyadic - above letters
>>> on Vocabulary page...
>>>     _22 NB. not both - letters and numerals
>>>
>>> NB. Total:
>>>     +/114 114 151 _24 _22  NB. monads and dyads
>>> and foreigns - univalents
>>> 333
>>>
>>> So, 333 semantic tokens in total, by my count.
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