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One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
by jxy 10y ago
One essential thing about k/q is its speed. When you use javascript, you lose everything.
- oconnor0 10y agoFor an intro interpreter/"how do I use K", using Javascript seems like a big win.
- scottlocklin 10y agoIt's a training tool. Also, I think John had fun writing an interpreter. It's also a very cool language which people without money don't get exposed to. Maybe it gives people some good ideas.
- stepvhen 10y agoWell, there is always J (jsoftware.com), which is the standard open source APL-like language. It also has a columnar database. And a wealth of resources available on its website/wiki (more than I have seen for any other language's base website).
- geocar 10y agoMy C is usually faster than my k: The greatest value in k is that the language is terse and dense; that it promotes the right way to think about solving problems, not that it is fast.
- qznc 10y agoIs it? I have only seen anecdotal evidence for this.
- bastawhiz 10y agoIf you need to run K in the browser, speed is moot if it's not written in JavaScript.