It is actually more just funny comment. From the same page
"APL (family) In J one can see the same sort of point-free code in a function designed to compute the average of a list (array) of numbers: avg=: +/ % # # counts the number of items in the array. +/ sums the items of the array. % divides the sum by the number of items" You might also call it argument-free or something like that. Without arguments? Silent? I like referring to it as pointless - and I take it more in a positive way as funny - I like tacit even if I am not very good at it. 2009/11/7 James Foit <[email protected]>: > > I was googling 'tacit programming', found this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacit_programming > And noticed near the top of the page this line: > "Outside of the APL and J communities, tacit programming is referred to as > point-free style[1], or more pithily as pointless programming." > > Someone with a wiki account may want to remove the final clause. Innuendo > like that can destroy all that u guys work for. > >> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:08:57 +0800 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Stacked Bar Chart >> >> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009, Thomas Costigliola wrote: >> > The given plot was produced with R; it has an incredibly flexible >> > plotting package. >> >> Not exactly an answer. There are plot packages (eg. goffice) for gtk+ >> (untested). >> >> -- >> regards, >> ==================================================== >> GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
