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That would make sense. Maybe someone on their mailing list will take note (I'm just a lurker). If you want to see something really cool, look at the APL video f

That would make sense. Maybe someone on their mailing list will take note (I'm just a lurker). If you want to see something really cool, look at the APL video for Conway's Game of Life on YouTube. If I recall correctly, Jon Scholes made that video a few years ago. I don't know him, but he was supposed to be an APL wizard and an all around good guy from what I've read. I was sad to read that he passed away recently.

kwhitefoot 8y ago
That was brilliant! Thank you for making me aware of that video. It would be great if someone could translate that into J, then I might have a chance of understanding it properly.
- 4thaccount 8y ago
  There might be a version on Rosetta Code.
- jodrellblank 8y ago
  I tried, although I don't speak J so it's a rough transliteration. I couldn't do the last GUI animated part without more knowledge of J's tools, but it can compute multiple generations. Code summary: r =. (3 3 $ i. 9) e. 1 2 3 4 7 R =. _1 |. _2 |."1 (5 7 {. r) RR =. 15 35 {. _10 _20 {. R life =. verb : '+./ > (1;y) *.each 3 4 =each +each/ +each/ 1 0 _1 |.each/ 1 0 _1 |."1 each <y' gen =. dyad : 'life ^: y x' The 20th generation: (RR gen 20) { '.X' ................................... ................................... ................................... ................................... .........X....XXX.................. ........XX.....XX.................. .......XX.....XX................... ........X.X...X.X.................. .........XX....XXXX................ ..........X...X..XX................ ..............X.XX................. ..............XXX.................. ................................... ................................... ................................... Transcript of the whole talk with line by line translation here: https://dpaste.de/OoEM/raw https://dpaste.de/OoEM/raw (expires in 7 days).
  - kwhitefoot 8y ago
    Thank you! That was great. Thanks for putting in the effort.

kwhitefoot 8y ago

That was brilliant! Thank you for making me aware of that video. It would be great if someone could translate that into J, then I might have a chance of understanding it properly.

4thaccount 8y ago
There might be a version on Rosetta Code.
jodrellblank 8y ago
I tried, although I don't speak J so it's a rough transliteration. I couldn't do the last GUI animated part without more knowledge of J's tools, but it can compute multiple generations. Code summary: r =. (3 3 $ i. 9) e. 1 2 3 4 7 R =. _1 |. _2 |."1 (5 7 {. r) RR =. 15 35 {. _10 _20 {. R life =. verb : '+./ > (1;y) *.each 3 4 =each +each/ +each/ 1 0 _1 |.each/ 1 0 _1 |."1 each <y' gen =. dyad : 'life ^: y x' The 20th generation: (RR gen 20) { '.X' ................................... ................................... ................................... ................................... .........X....XXX.................. ........XX.....XX.................. .......XX.....XX................... ........X.X...X.X.................. .........XX....XXXX................ ..........X...X..XX................ ..............X.XX................. ..............XXX.................. ................................... ................................... ................................... Transcript of the whole talk with line by line translation here: https://dpaste.de/OoEM/raw https://dpaste.de/OoEM/raw (expires in 7 days).
- kwhitefoot 8y ago
  Thank you! That was great. Thanks for putting in the effort.