> In a scalar language, you say, Go to every soldier, and move that soldier to New York."
I've heard Ken say it in a funnier (and more accurate) way. In a scalar language, you say: take the first soldier, move him from Philadelphia to New York; take the second soldier, move him from Philadelphia to New York; take the third soldier, move him from Philadelphia to New York; ... On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 5:39 AM, R.E. Boss <[email protected]> wrote: > The other day I noticed a quote in the lab J By Point & Click: "Ken Iverson > put it this way: In J, when you want to move the army from Philadelphia to > New York, you say just that: move the army from Philadelphia to New York. > In a scalar language, you say, Go to every soldier, and move that soldier > to > New York." which I remembered when I read > > http://www.technologyreview.com/view/539761/a-programming-language-for-robot > -swarms/ . > Especially where it says "The opposing method is a top down approach in > which the swarm is controlled as a whole." and "(...)the absence of a > standardised programming language for swarms is a significant barrier to > future progress (...) " > > Hear, hear. > > > R.E. Boss > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
