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I think "loop-free" just means the language encourages you to think without loops, even if the implementation may or may not use traditional loops under the hoo
by pierrec 10y ago
I think "loop-free" just means the language encourages you to think without loops, even if the implementation may or may not use traditional loops under the hood.
This is basically common to all languages with a strong emphasis on functional programming. Instead of looping, you perform operations directly on the arrays/matrices, and in fact APL and J are focused on matrix manipulation.
- jtraffic 10y agoThat makes sense. Thanks.
- semi-extrinsic 10y ago> This is basically common to all languages with a strong emphasis on functional programming Also modern Fortran falls into this category. (I mention it because it's far from a functional language.)