"John Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roger Hui wrote: > >> I've often thought * before +, which is now > >> taught as 'standard', comes mostly from the > >> first Fortran which did use that order. > > > > On this topic, Falkoff and Iverson had this to > > say on page 326 of "The Design of APL". > > http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/174/ibmrd1704F.pdf
One thing about J that I was always curious about was that when I first encounteed APL around 1970, in X!Y, X was typically the larger argument, but in J, the parameter order has been reversed. At first I questioned my memory, but the above article does mention that ordering. I am curious why the order was changed? -- Mark D. Niemiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
