Thanks. I'm finding your paper quite interesting -- thank you for publishing it.
-Wm On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had read the description on the website, but not the full paper. I'm > looking at that now. > > You'll note that I've avoided talking about true arrays as used in > APL/J/K/NIAL in my paper (the difference being that an array has a type, > and a list does not). The primary reason for that is that they are just too > complicated. However, my paper and More's array theory are not > incompatible, or even redundant, as More describes a particular data > structure and I describe a method of handling data structures. I've been > looking into arrays as a form of static typing to speed up computations, > and in this situation array theory will come in handy. > > Marshall > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM, William Tanksley, Jr <wtanksle...@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I've written a paper which describes a way to replicate and extend J's >> > behavior with arrays and forks as part of a single framework. I thought >> > this would be interesting to the J community since it elaborates on the >> > kind of thinking that drives J's powerful approach to function >> application. >> >> Have you read about More's Array Theory, as implemented in NIAL? >> >> Looks like its main website is down for rebuilding, but at least some >> of the inner pages seem to work. >> http://www.nial.com/ArrayTheory.html >> >> I've got a MS Word document I downloaded from the site, if anyone >> wants to read it. >> >> > Marshall >> >> -Wm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
