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What's the benefit using k vs. c, cpp or java for the same? Does it run or compile faster? The article says you can do the same with cpp and some extra librari

What's the benefit using k vs. c, cpp or java for the same? Does it run or compile faster? The article says you can do the same with cpp and some extra libraries, but I wouldn't immediately think cpp or java was easily beatable -- manjana wonders --

4thaccount 8y ago
If I understand you correctly, why use K over another language like Java? Java is a good enterprise language, but K is a good analysis language. It is very terse and powerful. Look up Kdb+.
ah- 8y ago
If your problem fits it you can solve it with a fraction of code. It also runs extremely fast and apart from licencing it's trivial to deploy.
ksherlock 8y ago
It depends on what you're doing. If you wanted to analyze some tabular data, k, sql, or even excel are probably more appropriate than c++ or java.
avhon1 8y ago
K is interpreted, not compiled. You can run your code the instant it's written. As other's have said, K (the language and the interpreter) is highly optimized for processing tabular data. I've heard of it outperforming C in processing billions of rows of financial data. (Which, by my understanding, is K's primary market.) Lastly, K (like APL, J, A+, Klong, Kona, etc.) is very terse. A phrase I've seen online is "one line of K is roughly equivalent to 100 lines of C". K programs, like APL & co., very often fit entirely into a screenful of text, but require close and complete reading to understand. There are lots of videos on youtube of people writing literate sudoku solvers or conway's game of life in a dozen lines or so, and terse solutions in a dozen or so characters. People who like these programming languages tend to like their terseness -- they can view the entire program all at once (no scrolling or searching), and refactor or rewrite the program in a few seconds of minutes of typing.
- arrayThrowaway 8y ago
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4thaccount 8y ago

If I understand you correctly, why use K over another language like Java? Java is a good enterprise language, but K is a good analysis language. It is very terse and powerful. Look up Kdb+.

ah- 8y ago

If your problem fits it you can solve it with a fraction of code. It also runs extremely fast and apart from licencing it's trivial to deploy.

ksherlock 8y ago

It depends on what you're doing. If you wanted to analyze some tabular data, k, sql, or even excel are probably more appropriate than c++ or java.

avhon1 8y ago

K is interpreted, not compiled. You can run your code the instant it's written. As other's have said, K (the language and the interpreter) is highly optimized for processing tabular data. I've heard of it outperforming C in processing billions of rows of financial data. (Which, by my understanding, is K's primary market.) Lastly, K (like APL, J, A+, Klong, Kona, etc.) is very terse. A phrase I've seen online is "one line of K is roughly equivalent to 100 lines of C". K programs, like APL & co., very often fit entirely into a screenful of text, but require close and complete reading to understand. There are lots of videos on youtube of people writing literate sudoku solvers or conway's game of life in a dozen lines or so, and terse solutions in a dozen or so characters. People who like these programming languages tend to like their terseness -- they can view the entire program all at once (no scrolling or searching), and refactor or rewrite the program in a few seconds of minutes of typing.

arrayThrowaway 8y ago
If you would prefer to use keywords instead of symbols, Nial is a good option: https://github.com/danlm/QNial7 https://github.com/danlm/QNial7