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by yawpitch
997 days ago
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> +/÷≢ is not pronounceable as a single word, even among APL experts ("add reduce divide tally" is not a word I’m not entirely certain most programs will ever be pronounced. > What is wrong with this?
average := add reduce divide tally Nothing, but but it seems to imply that this:
average := +/÷≢ … nicely resolves this issue of wanting to use words — AKA sequences of pronounceable but semantically meaningless glyphs —- as human-friendly (at least for English-fluent humans) mnemonics for programs — AKA sequences of not-muscle-memory-pronounceable but semantically meaningful glyphs), yeah? Mind you I haven’t looked at the language deeply enough to know you can actually define an alias like that. |
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