One point not clearly shown is that almost all loop constructs can be eliminated by the use of rank working with modifiers. A point most non-J readers will miss.
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 3:16 PM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > So... it looks like someone wants to delete the > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_(J_programming_language) page. > > Personally, I think it describes a concept of general interest to the > programming community, with J being an illustrative (and perhaps > canonical) example. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression > page is similar in character (but has a lot more traction - far more > people have spent time talking about it). But, looking at the talk > page, it seem that that's not a viewpoint that has gotten any > significant foothold. > > Oh well... > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm