splitting? (but not as in 'splitting' headache!) macro vs micro?
enjoy ken -----Original Message----- From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of 0j1 Sent: 25 October 2011 18:47 To: Programming forum Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] slice and dice operators Pre-processors? On 21/10/11 23:05, Roger Hui wrote: > Operators (adverbs and conjunction) in APL/J can be classified into at least > to classes. > > The first class are what I call "combinators", that combine their operands > (function arguments) in various ways and apply to their array arguments *in > toto* (ignoring rank for the moment). Examples of this class are f&g, f@g, > f&.g, f^:n, etc., including fork. > > The second class are, for lack of a better term, "slice and dice" > operators. Functions derived from them partition, reorder, or otherwise > select their array arguments in various ways, and apply the operand > functions to the partitions, reorderings, selections. Examples of this > class are f"r, f/, f\ f\. etc. > > Is there a better term, more respectable, or better known to the FP > community, or more descriptive, or ... just better, than "slice and dice"? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
