For labs and the wiki, we should have some examples
easily understood. I have an example where at least
what it does is easily understood but I won’t show
the implementation – I did a bad job there
Essentially, it’s $ with fill.
Just like the other example I mentioned, {2 4 7 (] F.: step)~ i.100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Am 25.02.21 um 17:51 schrieb Eric Iverson: > I am a member of the silent majority on this issue. > > I have been pleased with the civility of the fold discussion considering > how emotional language issues can be. > > J is not designed by vote or committee. There are always going to be strong > disagreements. But we are a small community and are best served by, at the > appropriate time, burying those disagreements and moving on. I think that > time has come for fold. > > J is the better for having fold. Let's focus now on using it and sharing > how it can be used. Some labs or wiki pages would be nice! > > > > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 11:25 AM Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good point about the silent ones: you’re right, I guess. >> >> I still disagree regarding fold being used the way you tell us. >> What you want to do can be done with / and the likes. >> Again, the main advantage of the fold verbs from my pont of view >> is that there may be any kind of initial data processed by v >> in a way given by x’s items’ values. >> >> But let’s just settle on “we agree to disagree” – I don’t think >> further back and forth will lead us somewhere. >> >> (and maybe I need to get some rest ere I write more rubbish here) >> >> Hauke >> >> Am 25.02.21 um 17:19 schrieb 'Sergey Kamenev' via Programming: >>> I think Henry Rich is most likely a genius programmer. >>> >>> By the way, I am a supporter of meritocracy, >>> when the weight of a person's voice depends on his merits. >>> >>> But a programming language is written for the community. >>> And so the voice of the community when discussing new features >>> should carry a lot of weight. >>> >>> The definition of a fold itself implies that there is an array that will >>> fold. >>> However, the initial value does not have to be an array, >>> but what is collapsed arg must be an array. >>> >>> Right argument have more arrayness in comparing with left arg. >>> >>> The silent majority most likely does not use Fold verbs, >>> therefore they are silent, since this topic does not concern them. >>> >>> Sergey. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> -- >> ---------------------- >> mail written using NEO >> neo-layout.org >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- ---------------------- mail written using NEO neo-layout.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
