Another advantage using J is that it displays properly in email!
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> Fra: Eldon Eller <eel...@pacbell.net>
>Til: Programming forum <programming@jsoftware.com>
>Sendt: 5:45 mandag den 26. december 2011
>Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Debian Forum comparing J to Brainf*
>
>So sorry, mathematical notation does not display properly in email, but
>you know what I mean.
>
>
>On 12/25/2011 08:23 PM, Eldon Eller wrote:
>> In English, the quadratic formula is:
>>
>> x equals the quantity negative b plus or minus the square root of the
>> quantity b squared minus four times a times c close quantity close
>> quantity divided by the quantity two times a close quantity.
>>
>> In mathematical notation, it is
>>
>> x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}.
>> If you know English, but not mathematical notation, The English version
>> is clear and the mathematical version is gobbledygook. If you know
>> mathematical notation, that version is not only more terse, but also
>> more understandable. So it is with conventional programming languages
>> and J (or APL).
>>
>> On 12/25/2011 07:42 PM, Marshall Lochbaum wrote:
>>> Actually I think the Java (which was in fact Java rather than C, although
>>> you had no way of knowing) was "if (x>20) return 1; else return 0;". My
>>> friend proposed this as a more readable version than ">&20" when I
>>> suggested it. In any case, I stand by my rhetoric; the actual code is
>>> irrelevant.
>>>
>>> Marshall
>>>
>>> 2011/12/25 Björn Helgason<gos...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> It is possible to use the extra unused y as comment
>>>>
>>>> gt20=:20<[
>>>> 15 10 35 21 gt20 'true if one otherwise false if zero'
>>>> 0 0 1 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2011/12/25 Björn Helgason<gos...@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> If you want to use x as the example is showing you could do it like this
>>>>>
>>>>> gt=:20<[
>>>>> 21 gt ''
>>>>> 1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011/12/25 R.E. Boss<r.e.b...@planet.nl>
>>>>>
>>>>> No.
>>>>>> Lochbaum stated it correctly.
>>>>>> It was you who did not recognize>&20 as a (monadic) verb.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gt=:>&20
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4!:0<'gt'
>>>>>> 3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> R.E. Boss
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>>>>>> Van: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-
>>>>>>> boun...@jsoftware.com] Namens Björn Helgason
>>>>>>> Verzonden: zondag 25 december 2011 9:49
>>>>>>> Aan: Programming forum
>>>>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Debian Forum comparing J to Brainf*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> " I once had a friend tell me that "if (x>20) return true; else return
>>>>>>> false;" was clearer than the J equivalent ">&20". I hope you can see
>>>>>> past "
>>>>>>> Then this should be ">&20 y"
>>>>>>>
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