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by t-3
1491 days ago
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> it's suddenly implied you're looping over all the elements of x, One of the most mindblowing parts of array languages is that there are no loops. Everything is just arrays and operations composed to produce more arrays. A few weeks ago, I was firmly in your camp, and thought APLs were indecipherable, but they're really not. It's just a totally different philosophy of programming. |
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Anyway, good to know it might not be as impenetrable as it appears. Just glanced at the "Notation as a Tool of Thought" article and it looks illuminating as well, so will be reading that in detail.