Most code never gets used in any specific context, and so can be discarded if someone is willing to invest the time and understanding of what's needed, and has a context where that effort makes sense and user base willing to support that effort.
Thanks, -- Raul On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote: > From what little I know of it, K does amazing things w/very little code. > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I'm not sure why "whenever we want to work with the characters within a >> > line, we'd have to unbox it" is considered such a drawback, especially >> > given the "each" conjunction. >> >> One thing of note, here, is that the K "each" is a single character >> (and does less work under the covers, so is faster than J's each). >> It's also K's analog to J's "rank" (though - again, it does less and >> so is faster). >> >> So that's a factor of up to 4 in code size, when it's needed, and when >> it fits (which is frequently). >> >> This is one of K's strongest features. K sacrifices a lot to achieve >> this, but for the right applications the tradeoffs can be worth it. >> >> On the flip side, there are a lot of applications where you don't >> notice these tradeoffs, and some where they hurt. >> >> (This kind of issue is a general problem with "language advocacy" - >> there will be some good fits, some bad fits, and a lot of "language >> agnostic" fits...) >> >> -- >> Raul >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > Quantitative Consultant > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
