Here's a shot at specifying a J core by deleting things from the Vocabulary
page.
--Kip Murray
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Vocabulary ( Constants Controls Foreigns Parts of Speech )
= • Equal =. Is (Local) =: Is (Global)
< Box • Less Than <. Floor • Lesser Of (Min) <: Decrement • Less Or
Equal
> Open • Larger Than >. Ceiling • Larger of (Max) >: Increment • Larger
> Or Equal
_ Negative Sign / Infinity _. Indeterminate _: Infinity
+ Conjugate • Plus +. Real / Imaginary • GCD (Or) +: Double • Not-Or
* Signum • Times *. Length/Angle • LCM (And) *: Square • Not-And
- Negate • Minus -. Not • Less -: Halve • Match
% Reciprocal • Divide
%: Square Root • Root
^ Exponential • Power ^. Natural Log • Logarithm ^: Power (u^:n u^:v)
$ Shape Of • Shape
$: Self-Reference
~ Reflex • Passive / Evoke ~. Nub • ~: Nub Sieve • Not-Equal
| Magnitude • Residue |. Reverse • Rotate (Shift)
: Explicit / Monad-Dyad
:: Adverse
, Ravel • Append ,. Ravel Items • Stitch ,: Itemize • Laminate
; Raze • Link
;: Words
# Tally • Copy
! Factorial
!: Foreign
/ Insert • Table
/: • Sort
\ Prefix
\: • Sort
[ Same • Left [: Cap
] Same • Right
{ • From {. Head • Take {: Tail •
} • Amend (m} u}) }. Behead • Drop }: Curtail •
" Rank (m"n u"n) ". Do • ": Default Format • Format
@ Atop @. Agenda @: At
& Bond / Compose &. &.: Under (Dual) &: Appose
? Roll • Deal ?. Roll • Deal (fixed seed)
a. Alphabet a: Ace (Boxed Empty)
b. Boolean / Basic
e. • Member (In)
E. • Member of Interval
i. Integers • Index Of i: Steps • Index Of Last I. Indices • Interval
Index
j. Imaginary • Complex
NB. Comment
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On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Greg Borota <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 3) I am not the first to mention this. I wish there was a minimal J
> language core documented/available. I see veterans on this forum saying
> things like: "I almost never use some of those verbs". Is there not a
> minimal J language core targeting general language use? For example,
> leaving out specifics like numerical analysis, statistics, etc. This
> might help some not drop by the way side. E.g. http://xprogramming
> .com/category/j-language/
>
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