Thanks, I will take a look at j-emscripten. Graham
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It seems very interesting and looks good for data presentation > applications. I would be interested in trying it out once it's released. > > By the way, something that might be relevant, since you are (unless I'm > mistaken) compiling to JavaScript, is this project > https://github.com/joebo/j-emscripten which is J compiled to JavaScript. > I'm just wondering about getting your language working alongside > Javascript-J, since then you could leverage some of J's powerful primitive > verbs etc. > > Regards,Jon > > > > Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 10:03:34 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Jchat] J users may find my project interesting, infuriating, > exciting ... > > > > http://l2project.org > > > > The language includes some J features such as: > > - boxes > > - infix notation > > - no precedence > > > > L2 is a much smaller, simpler language: > > > > - no tacit programming > > - just functions and arguments (verbs and nouns); no equivalent to > adverbs > > or conjunctions (write higher-order functions in L2) > > - all tables (arrays) are 3-dimensional > > - no equivalent to cells, frames or items > > - no equivalent to locales and coclass (use closures for classes in L2) > > > > In L2: > > > > - expressions read left to right > > - functions can take more than 2 arguments > > - the core vocabulary uses symbols, but also function names that begin > with > > a period > > - the language includes scalers, but converts between scalers and 1-entry > > tables as required > > - any dimension of a table can have keys; indices or keys can be used to > > get/set entries and subtables > > > > The first version of L2 will be released later this year, but I will post > > examples and write about the design of the language in the meantime. > > > > Graham > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
