Raul Miller-4 wrote: > > 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... > Given all these conditions and definitions (a big given!), what is then hermeneutical horizon of 123 in J:
Should I interpret it as a number, or an array, or both, or neither? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/%7B.-y-produces-an-array.-tp32687373s24193p32690306.html Sent from the J Programming mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
