Roger wrote:
> FYI: 5!:2 was the first verb representation to be
> implemented
Even before 5!:1 ? (If so, then how did 5!:1 come to occupy the first 5!:
slot?)
Out of interest, what is the internal representation for non-nouns? EG:
- Flat strings (unlikely if 5!:5 was implemented after 5!:2)
- Memory structures analogous to the boxing in 5!:1
- Memory structures analogous to the boxing in 5!:2
- Something else?
> its relationship to the internal representation
> is direct and obvious.
No question about that; I just find the boxing adds too much visual
overhead. Adjacent primitives are often separated by distracting lines or
excessive space. Maybe I would find it more helpful if the boxes contained
higher-level phrases than primitives (though I'm not sure what those phrases
would be, or how to identify them).
Anyway, I once wrote representation which blended some features of 5!:2 and
5!:5 . You can read about it at [1], but it produces text like:
0 ;:^:_1@:( )^:( ):(
)
1 ":&.> 32&=@( ) ( )~;:^:_1@:(
)^:( )
2 3!:0 ( )~2&{ ":&.>
32&=@( )
3 ( ){.]
3!:0
4 <.#
An analogous textual format for the 5!:1 representation be Lisp's
S-expressions.
-Dan
[1] Tool for unfolding code:
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/general/2008-July/032126.html
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