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The paper describes function-level programming, it is different than functional programming; see the languages APL, K, and J.
by undersuit 10y ago
The paper describes function-level programming, it is different than functional programming; see the languages APL, K, and J.
- scottlocklin 10y agoThank you for saying this. I don't think anybody else noticed. In fact, people in the J community occasionally get confused about this as well. Most people shit their pants when confronted with something like FP (Backus language demonstrating these ideas): I know I did when I first encountered J. Much more confusing than ML or Lisp. Still not sure it's the right thing, but for parallel problems it probably is. Kids don't seem to have a problem with it though, so it's probably just old habits. Wiki page for anyone who reads this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function-level_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function-level_programming