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Looks like a pretty neat reference to have when dabbling in J as well, which I prefer over Kona for several reasons, including that I can run it on Android. ht
by cess11 2y ago
Looks like a pretty neat reference to have when dabbling in J as well, which I prefer over Kona for several reasons, including that I can run it on Android.
https://www.jsoftware.com/ https://www.jsoftware.com/
- moonchild 2y agosee the phrasebook https://www.jsoftware.com/help/phrases/contents.htm https://www.jsoftware.com/help/phrases/contents.htm
- zX41ZdbW 2y agoI have a somewhat negative experience with Kona and its derivatives Kerf and Kerf2. For example, among Kerf and Kerf2: - there is no explanation about why two versions exist; - the code does not build; - it has memory leaks; - both are abandoned; - there are dubious performance claims, but when I asked the author to clarify, he closed issues without answering. The same experience with the K community: https://github.com/kparc https://github.com/kparc They maintain a cult-like impression of their software, and the examples are typically represented by a few code dumps with no clear way of using them. That's not to dismiss the overall idea of array programming languages, which I admire.
- 7thaccount 2y agoIt is a problem with this community. Until recently kdb+ was like this with barely any documentation. They've come a long way in recent years though on the website and there is at least one book published. With regards to Kerf, I don't know much of the history. I think the Kona developer (Lawler?) and Scott Locklin tried to make a company like kdb+, but it never worked out. Dyalog APL and J both have decent doc.