Very interesting. Is the corresponding C code available somewhere? TIA, HAND,
Alexander Am 16. Mai 2023 09:59:08 MESZ schrieb Ian Clark <[email protected]>: >Splendid, Devon! Exactly what I was searching j wiki for. I had a vague >recollection it was by you, and even did a search on "Devon" looking for it. > >…Needle in a haystack! > >I then tried Easy J, Simple J, EZJ, Core J, Elementary J, Micro J … the >one word I didn't think to try was "minimal". But the exercise has left me >staggering in awe of the power of the Hive Mind that is the J forum (…fora). > >I guess "Minimal J" was just 2 pages. Did anyone ever write working code in >Devon's micro-language, to see how far they could push it? > >Together with Dan Bron's page on PrimitivePrimitives, this is material for >an intriguing weekend. Apple, going down a like path, has managed to >eliminate Intel from its product line. I take that as encouragement – or a >warning. I am not Tim Cook -- or Roger Hui. > >(BTW if anyone is curious to know why I'm pursuing this line of enquiry, >ask me.) > >Ian Clark > >On Mon, 15 May 2023 at 15:06, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There was this "Minimal Beginning J" page I started in an attempt to help >> beginners focus on some of the most commonly-used parts of the language: >> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Devon_McCormick/MinimalBeginningJ . >> >> >> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 9:56 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > There's https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Incunabulum >> > >> > -- >> > Raul >> > >> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 4:11 AM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > I recall seeing on the j wiki a proposal for a cut-down version of J, >> > with >> > > a starved palette of 10 or so primitives. Does the proposal have an >> > > official name? What's its status? >> > > >> > > Try as I might, I cannot locate it. Help please. >> > > >> > > Ian Clark >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
