On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Viktor Cerovski <[email protected]> wrote: > Henry Rich wrote: >> >> Point of nomenclature: every noun has a shape. All shapes are lists. >> The shape of an atom is an empty list. >> >> (also, all nouns are arrays, ecch) >> > Statements like "all nouns are arrays" is hard to make precise > due to the dynamic typing of J.
An array is a region of computer memory whose interpretation (and, if we exclude things like sparse arrays, its size) is determined by its shape and its type. A shape is a list of non-negative integers whose product is the number of elements in an array. To make this precise you have to enumerate those types... -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
